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CHATTER Run Out on a Rail

In which readers come to no consensus whatsoever.

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What Were we thinking, putting forward ideas about how to fix Metrorail (“How to Fix Metro,” Oct. 9)? Did we believe for one brief, hopeful moment that District denizens would come together in agreement and have a civil conversation about solutions for our distressed transit system? Were we so innocent once? Based on our comments section, no one can agree on anything, ever, so let’s just wade right into it.

We got plenty of grief from readers about our decision to talk to Randal O’Toole from the Cato Institute, whom several readers in the comments characterized as anti-transit. Ben wrote, “Why give one of these spots to an individual who is openly hostile to transit? You might as well include the thoughts of a vegan in an article on how to grill meat.” Last we checked, hearing from the opposition was part of the whole journalism thing, so our hand was sort of forced.

Other ideas thrown out there: placing WMATA into receivership; more advertising inside train cars; glass doors to prevent passengers falling onto tracks; please stop shouting (really); fare increases; no fare increases. The list of readers’ suggestions was effectively endless. There were a few, less orthodox ideas that we hadn’t found in any of our interviews with experts. Velo Guy suggested, for example: “Allow bikes on Metro during rush hour. The transit planner mantra is ‘first mile, last mile,’ well here is the chance to prove it. And with ridership down there is plenty of [room] to fit bikes on board.” But Leeran wasn’t convinced: “To the first commenter suggesting bikes onboard during rush hour -- it sounds like you don’t ride metro. Ridership is down, but the amount of trains running is moreso, so trains are insanely crowded.” Not to editorialize too much here, but: That’s a pretty bad idea. —Emily Q. Hazzard Department of Corrections: Last week’s arts section opener (“Best Weighed Plans”) originally stated that Lisa Gold left for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in September; she left in August. This article also stated that the WPA is moving in December; they’re moving in November.

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DISTRICTLINE ConCrete details

A Very, Very, Very Fine House La Casa in Columbia Heights is a rare aesthetic and policy success.

The best building that’s gone up in the District in recent months isn’t a swish law office or a deluxe condo tower—although you might easily mistake it for either of those things, with its double-height lobby and artfully layered facade.

La Casa, which reopened on Irving Street in Columbia Heights in December 2014, is housing for homeless residents. Not only that, but its 40 residents were chosen from the most vulnerable segment of the homeless population.

Most of them lived on the streets for years, and many still grapple with substance abuse or mental health problems.

You would never know it from looking at their new home. And that’s the point.

La Casa is not a shelter. It’s permanent supportive housing, a housing type that has emerged alongside an innovative policy to tackle homelessness called Housing First. The traditional approach to helping the homeless went something like this: Ask them to prove they’re “ready” for subsidized housing by sobering up or getting psychiatric treatment. Once they’re housed, make sure they stay clean and take their meds, or they’re out.

Housing First turns that approach on its head. Not surprisingly, a lot of people find it very difficult to stick to a treatment regimen when they don’t know where they’ll be sleeping that night. For many of the chronically homeless, the bar for stable housing would always remain out of reach. In the early 1990s, a psychologist in New York City named Sam Tsemberis proposed a radical alternative: Give the homeless somewhere to live, somewhere

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nice, no strings attached. Then, when they’re safe and don’t have to worry about being kicked out, they can focus on everything else.

The success of Housing First took the homeless-services world by surprise. It has been overwhelming, with retention rates of around

85 percent, as opposed to 60 percent or lower on other models. A trial by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs found that it substantially lowers rates of addiction and health-related costs for participants. (About a quarter of La Casa’s residents are veterans.)

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Positive results from Housing First programs in New York and Seattle swayed officials at the D.C. Department of Human Services as they were planning to replace the old La Casa shelter, located on the same site. You might remember it: a small building and squalid set of trailers that men filed into every evening and then out of the next morning. The old La Casa was temporary housing. Its replacement, the city decided, would be permanent.

One of the tenets of Housing First, originating with Tsemberis himself, is that the housing should have aesthetic merit, and avoid the depressing whiff of an institution. To that end, the District selected a capable and well-matched design team: Studio Twenty Seven Architecture, a local, progressive practice with a string of D.C. charter schools and custom homes to its name, and Leo A Daly, a global firm expert in delivering large, complex projects on tight schedules and budgets. Together, they designed a building as warm, humane, and attractive as could be hoped. The intent was that it would not look inferior to the market-rate apartments and newer retail buildings around it. In fact, gratifyingly, it looks better.

Like so many new buildings in the city, La Casa squeezes as much usable space out of its lot as possible. Unable to go tall, due to the height limit, District architects have little choice but to go boxy. But the design team proved adept at relieving glass-box syndrome through smart, simple moves. On both the front of the seven-story building and its east facade, where it meets the Highland Park apartments at a setback, a gentle kink in the wall plane draws the eye and reinforces the “shoulder height” along the street, creating a comfortable scale for pedestrians.

The main facade on Irving defies boxiness in a few more ways. Its rhythm of staggered, different-sized windows and panels adds a sense of motion to a surface that otherwise might have been dull, and depth to what might have seemed flat. Tall, skinny windows emphasize verticality so the building doesn’t appear squat, a common D.C. pitfall.

Walking east on Irving, with the building to your right, a passerby can track the subtle inflection of the faux-wood-paneled facade. Between it and the sidewalk lies a small garden planted with waving grasses—a stylish contrast to the begonia mounds plopped in front of other apartment buildings. But the real attention-getter is the building’s lobby, formed by an L of intersecting glass walls. Bright orange trusses zigzag inside it, a vivid touch of structural expressionism.

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DISTRICTLINE Across the building’s threshold, with its mat bearing the words “La Casa” in a crisp font— per your average yuppie apartment complex—a minimalist reception desk sits off to the right.

There are two apartments on the first floor, down a hall accessible via key card. Past the elevators and behind fritted glass walls are offices used by the staff of Friendship Place, the nonprofit that manages La Casa. Staff work on site 24/7 to assist residents (hence the “supportive” in “permanent supportive housing”).

A mezzanine overhangs the lobby, jutting slightly askew to the building’s main geometry. Up on the second floor, La Casa has a pleasant outdoor terrace and a common room that can fit all 40 residents. This is where they held a Super Bowl party in February, and where they’ll gather for Thanksgiving dinner a few weeks from now.

The rest of the apartments are on the higher floors, also accessed via key card. Each resident has his own private unit, a 300-square-foot studio with a bathroom and galley kitchen. Units are spartan, but not cold or dreary. Polished concrete is used as flooring in the kitchen and dining area, warmer wood-effect vinyl in the

sleeping area. Subway tiles give a bit of color to the kitchens. With full-length windows and eight-foot-plus ceilings, the apartments feel bright and airy. A number of them are ADA accessible, and the building is expected to get a LEED Gold sustainability rating.

Throughout La Casa, walls are painted clean white—an unusual choice for any kind of group residence, given the expected wear and tear. But staff members say the residents are zealous about keeping the walls, and everything else, in good condition, and take their neighbors to task if they leave a scuff mark.

La Casa was not cheap to build. At $385 per square foot, it’s on par with market-rate apartments. Even the compactness of the units added to the cost, in effect, because kitchens and bathrooms cost more than bedrooms. But Housing First has proved to be an economical model in other cities. Living on the streets, a chronically homeless person can rack up an astonishing tab in public expenses: emergency room visits and overnights in jail may amount to tens of thousands of dollars a year. There’s no data specifically on La Casa yet, but if it’s in line with other Housing First programs, the savings should off-

set the extra money spent on its design.

“Extra” isn’t the right word, though. Good design, as Tsemberis first grasped, is crucial to instilling a sense of pride in residents of supportive housing, and can help win over the neighbors, who are usually not thrilled to have formerly homeless people living nearby.

On my tour of La Casa, Joyce Washington, its operations specialist, pointed out the number plate by one of the apartment doors, an etched plaque of the type you’d see outside a high-end doctor’s office. “Really high class,” she said. This kind of detail would be easy to overlook, but clearly, it makes a difference. According to Washington, visitors often assume La Casa is an extension of Highland Park.

What’s so unusual about La Casa is that the architects’ desire for a standout building was matched—perhaps exceeded—by the city’s.

Jim Spearman, the project manager for Studio Twenty Seven, praised officials at DHS and the D.C. Department of General Services for believing in high-quality design, and said they “didn’t take the easy way out” when corners could have been cut. Lisa Franklin-Kelly of DHS agreed: “Every meeting, we remind-

ed them they had to win [a design award].”

They got their wish. La Casa has scooped up a bunch, including the prestigious national housing award conferred by the American Institute of Architects.

It’s important to note that as a solution to homelessness, Housing First, and by extension La Casa, has strict limits. Housing First only addresses the chronically homeless—a small subset of the larger homeless population. For the thousands of D.C. residents who need emergency shelter each year and wind up in CCNV, D.C. General, or local motels, there is no La Casa waiting to take them in.

Yet D.C.’s failure to provide adequate temporary and transitional housing shouldn’t be held against La Casa, which serves a different need. The project is a rare, heartening example of what happens when great design and enlightened policy converge. As the architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable famously wrote of the Midland Marine Building, a ’60s skyscraper in Manhattan: “Sometimes we do it right.” La Casa is a far more modest building, but a powerful achievement in its own way.

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Indian Ocean: Fashion Panel in the Round

Visit the Indian Ocean Experience, featuring objects from the region

Join Felicia Campbell, author of The Food of Oman: Recipes and Stories from the Gateway to Arabia, as she takes us on a unique culinary journey, featuring recipes, art, and culture from the Indian Ocean region.

Followed by a book signing and light reception with traditional food prepared by Chef Shabaan.

Explore the coasts of the Indian Ocean through fashion!

Designers, bloggers, and scholars from East Africa and Oman discuss traditional, contemporary and cross-cultural fashions.

Panelists include Farouque Abdela, Zahra Al Bahrani, Tina Mangieri, Arwa Moosa Siddiq, and Anisa Moosa I. Zadjlai.

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The Pepco Holdings-Exelon Merger: Now, It Works for Everyone.

Dear Pepco customers, After working to learn what is important to the District, we’re pleased to report that we’ve reached a settlement with the District government and others on our merger. We listened to District leaders, residents and the community to find a path forward that is more focused on the District’s priorities.

The settlement has more than 120 commitments that help ensure the merger benefits everyone in the District.

The commitments include more than doubling customer benefits to over $72 million, which is expected to be used for: $25.6 million to offset distribution rate increases for residential customers through March 2019. $14 million in direct bill credits for residential customers. $16.15 million for low-income energy assistance. $3.5 million for renewable energy and $3.5 million for energy efficiency programs. $10.05 million to support the District’s Green Building Fund.

The settlement also includes: New commitments for fewer and shorter outages and significant financial penalties if Pepco fails to meet them.

Up to 10 megawatts of new solar generation and making it easier and faster for customers to install solar panels.

More jobs located in the District as a result of the merger and $5.2 million for workforce development. $19 million in guaranteed charitable contributions over 10 years to nonprofits that serve District residents.

The Pepco Holdings-Exelon merger will bring significant benefits to the District, and we hope you will agree that the merger now works for everyone.

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DISTRICTLINE I D.C. What You Did There

Tomorrow’s history today: This was the week that the last chain bookstore, Barnes & Noble, announced it was closing its downtown location.

City Desk

Photo by Darrow Montgomery

CosTume: The Line at Rose’s Luxury How To Pull IT off: With 50 of your

closest friends, stand in an orderly line the whole night. Act like this behavior is completely normal.

CosTume: Muriel Bowser and RFK Stadium How To Pull IT off: To be the stadium, wear your most decrepit rags, lay on the floor, and grip Bowser’s

ankle tightly. To be the mayor, drag the stadium around behind you all night, trying to trade him/her to someone (anyone) for something (anything) more useful. Alternative: Bowser and Stadium meet a racist and bring that racist to a party. Everyone gets booed and kicked out.

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CosTume: Metrorail How To Pull IT off: Lay on the ground. Have ten people crowd around

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you, trying to figure out how to get you to stand up and function normally, then have another 20 stand around yelling loudly about how they’re doing it wrong.

Show up late to every party and cause the same scene over and over again.

CosTume: The H Street–Benning Road NE Streetcar How To Pull IT off: Wear your normal clothes, and when someone asks you where your costume is, promise them you’ll have it by the end of the year.

CosTume: Activist Snow Sledder How To Pull IT off: Make a bunch of

statehood signs and surround yourself with trepidatious children pulling snow sleds. Only go to journalists’ parties for the entire night.

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Halloween is nearly upon us, which means the streets will be flooded with paltry imitations of Hillary, Trump, Mad Max characters, and Left Shark. Do yourself a favor, avoid the mainstream costume bamboozle, and choose one of our hyper-local costume ideas. Just remember: The ones you have to explain to everyone, like, five times and yet still no one “gets” are always the coolest.

—Emily Q. Hazzard

CosTume: The Other Baby Panda How To Pull IT off: Render yourself nude and hairless.

Show up late to a party at which you weren’t expected, then leave quietly before anyone catches your name.

CosTume: The Washington Post Solo-ish Column How To Pull IT off: Tell everyone you meet about your

relationship status, which is so complicated it can’t really be summed up in fewer than 500 words. No one knows whether they want to go home with you or never see you again. End the night crying in a porta-potty, but wake up the next morning and get paid to write about what happened.

CosTume: José Andrés and Donald Trump (couple’s costume) How To Pull IT off: Wear chef’s whites (Andrés) and have your date wear a live, orange cat on his head (Trump). Take turns throwing the same suit back and forth all night.

Photos by Jessica Sidman and Aaron Wiener

Gear Prudence: My wife and I are riding a longdistance charity ride next month together, and I was really looking forward to it. But last week, she “surprised” me by showing me the two matching bike jerseys she bought for us to wear on the ride. We have very different aesthetic sensibilities and I find the jersey to be, for lack of a better term, butt ugly. How do I tell her that I appreciate the gesture but that I don’t want to wear the awful jersey she picked out?

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Dear SAME: You don’t. You get over yourself and you wear the ugly bike jersey. Your wife went out of her way to do something nice and, moreover, by picking matching outfits, wanted to associate herself with you. Perhaps if she knew that you were such a vain loner, she wouldn’t have gone through the trouble, though I suspect this isn’t the first time you’ve rebuffed her in such a way. Does your wedding ring really give you a “mysterious finger rash” or is something else going on here?

As the Blues Brothers and those creepy twins from The Shining show, matching outfits are always cool. Sports teams wear uniforms to show mutual affiliation and shared effort, and because they probably get a 10-percent discount if they order the same shirt in bulk. Embrace your teammate status and deal. —GP Gear Prudence: Any tips on biking over wet leaves?

The bike lanes are clogged with them after fall rainstorms, and I’m worried I’m going to slip and fall.

—Seeing Leaves In Piles Dear SLIP: Foliage can be lovely this time of year, until the deciduous detritus deposits itself on the roads and trails. Unless you’ve invested in a handlebar-mounted hair dryer/rake combo (patent pending Gear Prudence Industries), riding in the fall means coping with wet leaves. To paraphrase a saying, keep your eyes clear and ride where they ain’t. Avoidance will invariably be your best strategy, but there are times when this won’t be possible. In those cases, go slower, don’t make any sudden turns or weave, and try not to suddenly accelerate or brake too much. Obviously the extent to which you can manage these things will depend on a bunch of factors you can’t control, but be cautious and keep your wits about you. If you do find yourself falling, remind yourself of the autumn weekends of your youth where you whimsically leapt into leaf piles. This won’t make the ground any softer, but nostalgia might be a fun diversion. Afterwards, report the wet leaves to 311. Public agencies can be good about sweeping, but nudge them along by reporting —GP specific troublesome locations.

Gear Prudence is Brian McEntee, who tweets @ sharrowsDC. Got a question about bicycling? Email gearprudence@washcp.com.

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UNOBSTRUCTEDVIEW Be More Watchable, Sports

By Matt Terl The Wizards have unveiled a number of new things this preseason: draft-pick Kelly Oubre Jr.; a headband for Bradley Beal; some And1 dribbling skills from Otto Porter; and, oh, by the way, an uptempo new offense.

This might be the single greatest development in the D.C. sports scene since… well, since the firing of Matt Williams, so really just a week or so. But still: This is good news.

The Wizards have been in something of a bizarre place the last few seasons, leaning on a tough-minded defense despite being led by a blazing fast, exceptionally dynamic point guard in John Wall.

It’s a recipe that led to consistent improvement, especially on the defensive side, but that has failed to maximize Wall’s many talents, and also hasn’t always produced the most watchable games. (Important: Those two facts are not unrelated.)

The move to a faster-paced offense should solve both of these problems.

At its base, the offense should move the ball quickly and consistently, no longer settling for slow, ambling walks across the court and set plays that took forever to develop.

Players are expected to make quick decisions with the ball, ultimately increasing the number of offensive possessions, thereby tiring out defenders.

To the casual viewer, it’s been a pleasure to watch—and watchability is a weirdly underrated trait in teams across the entire spectrum of sports. One of the most tedious mantras in sports is that “defense wins championships”; the implied expectation is that you should suck it up and enjoy lowscoring, boring sporting events because trying to score points is pointlessly flashy and meaningless. If you score too many points, you’re definitely not going to be able to win important games.

This leads to things like Dale Hunter’s stint coaching the Capitals. Hunter, for the soundest of strategic reasons, championed a monumentally boring style of hockey, memorably immortalized by Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports as “tedium on ice.” Hunter’s approach involved limiting the opportunities for an incandescent superstar like Alex Ovechkin while playing a grinding, defensive, blue-collar game.

(Is Barry Trotz Mr. Excitement? No, but he has the good sense not to handcuff a superstar.)

The net result may have appealed to hockey fans of a certain mindset, but it led to some nigh-unwatchable hockey, full of insurmountable one-goal leads and frustrating-to-watch lineup decisions. That Caps team managed to upset the defending champion Boston Bruins in a tightly-contested seven-game series (each game was decided by a single goal) and lost to the New York Rangers in the next round in a similarly close seven-game series, but even the wins were victory via root canal.

As a viewer and a fan, that matters. So it’s nice to see that the Wizards—presumably influenced by last year’s NBA season, which saw high-scoring Golden State also becoming NBA champs—are trying to implement a modern, fast-paced, watchable strategy.

It’s something the University of Maryland should probably be considering as well. Firing head coach Randy Edsall was the right decision for a lot of reasons, but foremost among them was the fact that this was a coach who seemed aggressively dedicated to boring football. He appeared to hate baseball caps and do-rags and earphones and long hair and tattoos and basically anything that was fun. To the casual viewer, his offensive game plan appeared to center on rocket screens and straightforward handoffs. Even at their best, Edsall’s teams played tedious, retrograde, uninteresting football—sure, that style didn’t win games that matter, but at least it was also not fun to watch.

Which is weird, because Maryland is all about the way they look. I love what the university and Under Armour have done with the Maryland uniforms in all their hideous variety. I love the way they’ve turned the Maryland flag into an icon or a #brand, and I applaud their efforts to market the Terrapin squads the same way that Nike and Oregon marketed the Ducks, a connection that UMD President Wallace Loh has been remarkably overt about in interviews.

But the Terps have gotten as far as they can on looks alone; Oregon also had help from wide-open offensive attacks and, for four crucial years, a mad scientist of a head coach in Chip Kelly. Awesome, widely varied uniforms can capture attention, but they need to be combined with a similarly interesting offense to close the deal.

If the Wizards had debuted nothing this preseason but Bradley Beal’s headband and a fancy dribble from Otto Porter, no one would be particularly excited. As they hire the next coach, it’s time for Maryland to similarly bring the on-field product up to the level of CP the snazzy uniforms.

Follow Matt Terl on Twitter @Matt_Terl.

SAVAGELOVE I am a cis woman in my mid 20s. I get a pang or a spasm of pain in a place deep in my clit/urethra area. I can’t pinpoint which part exactly. It takes me by surprise every time it happens, so I jerk around and press my crotch for a hot second— which doesn’t help, but it’s about the only thing I can do. This obviously does not look cool in public, and regardless of when it happens, the episode irritates me. Around four or five convulsions happen and then quickly it’s over. There’s no pattern—it happens at random times and anywhere from one to four times daily. It started about a week ago. It doesn’t hurt when I pee, apply pressure to the area, work out, masturbate, or orgasm. I wonder if my lady spasms are associated with stress. I started a new job in September that I love, but it’s very demanding of my time, which has taken a toll on my mental and physical health (i.e., doing work things all fucking day, having no “me” time).

What’s going on down there? What’s the solution?

Will doing Kegels help me manage these spasms?

(P.S. I’m a lesbian if that detail is helpful.)

—Super Perplexed About Spasms Mostly I shared your letter with Dr. Lori Brotto, an associate professor in the Department of Gynecology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Brotto has done extensive research on vaginal/vulval pain and is a recognized expert on this subject and lot of others. Brotto shared your letter with Dr. Jonathan Huber, an Ottawa-based gynecologist with expertise in treating genital pain. “SPASM definitely needs to see a physician as soon as possible to have her vulva and vagina examined,” Dr. Brotto and Dr. Huber wrote in their joint response. “The collection of symptoms she describes does not map perfectly onto any single diagnosis, so these ideas below are best guesses.”

Before we get to those best guesses, a word of warning for the hypochondriacs in my readership: If you’re the kind of person who can’t read about mysterious symptoms and their possible causes without immediately developing those symptoms—particularly vagina-having hypochondriacs—you might want to skip the rest of this response. Okay, back to the good doctors…

“Sudden onset, intermittent genital pain can be caused by a number of simple things, such as abrasions, an infection, an allergic reaction, buildup of smegma, dermatosis, etc.,” Dr. Brotto and Dr. Huber continued.

“Although these things are unlikely to be the cause of her pain, they’re easy to rule out and treat, if necessary.” (“Wait just a minute,” I hear some of you crying. “Women don’t have problems with smegma—that’s just a dudeswith-foreskins* problem.” Dr. Brotto responds: “Women get smegma, too. We don’t hear about smegma in women because yeast infections get a lot more attention. But smegma in women is the same as smegma in men: a harmless buildup of skin cells and oils.”)

“SPASM’s symptoms most closely map onto a condition called ‘interstitial cystitis’ (IC) or bladder pain syndrome,” Dr. Brotto and Dr. Huber explained. “IC is diagnosed when there is chronic bladder or urethral pain in the absence of a known cause. It’s typically described as having the symptoms or sensations of a bladder infection, without actually having an infection. Although IC usually has a gradual onset and presents with pressure more often than pain, some women do describe a sudden onset, with pain as the most prominent symptom as opposed to pressure. Since IC often coexists with vulvodynia (vulval pain), dysmenorrhea (painful periods), and endometriosis (when endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus), if this individual has any of these other diagnoses, then IC may be more likely to account for her pain.”

“The naughtiness of it, the transgression, and the symbolic betrayal—all of that turns you on.”

How can you determine if it’s IC? “IC is best assessed by a urologist, who may choose to do further urine tests, like examination of urine under a microscope, and even a cystoscopy—putting a narrow camera through the urethra into the bladder to take a look.”

Another possible cause: a urethral diverticulum. “It’s like an outpouching along the tube of the urethra,” Dr. Brotto and Dr. Huber wrote. “This is kind of like a dead-ended cave where urine and other debris can collect, which can possibly lead to infection and pain.”

A gynecologist might be able to diagnose a diverticulum during a normal exam—just by feeling around—but you’ll most likely need to have a tiny camera stuffed up your urethra to diagnose this one too, SPASM. Moving on…

“Some of her symptoms also sound like the beginnings of ‘persistent genital arousal disorder’ (PGAD), a condition of unwanted genital sensations and arousal in the absence of sexual desire. PGAD can be triggered by stress and temporarily relieved with orgasms. For some women with PGAD, it is related to starting or stopping a medication (especially antidepressants).” The good news: You don’t need to cram a selfie stick up your urethra to determine whether you’ve recently stopped taking antidepressants. More good news: There are

treatments for all of these conditions.

“In sum, we feel she should see a gynecologist first and possibly get a referral to a urologist,” Dr. Brotto and Dr. Huber concluded.

“She also asks about whether Kegel exercises will help. Sometimes pelvic floor dysfunction can contribute to vaginal/vulval pain, and seeing a pelvic floor physiotherapist to learn proper pelvic floor exercises (including but not limited to Kegels) can help. A good gynecologist will be able to test her pelvic floor strength and control, and advise whether she should be seeing a pelvic floor physiotherapist.”

Follow Dr. Brotto on Twitter @DrLoriBrotto, and follow Dr. Huber @DrJonathanHuber.

(P.S. Lesbians, in my experience, are always —Dan Savage helpful.) * For the record, quickly, before Tumblr explodes: Some women have penises! Some women with penises are uncut! A tiny percentage of uncut-penis-having women have poor personal hygiene practices and consequently have smegma under their foreskins! #TheMoreYouKnow I am a 23-year-old Italian girl and I have been in a long-distance relationship for one year. We love to have sex, and when we are far away, we send each other hot pictures and videos. At least two times per week, we masturbate on Skype. There is something that confuses me about the way I masturbate when I am alone. My boyfriend watches pornos daily when we are far away. This is something I don’t like, but I have not asked him to give up watching pornos. I think there is nothing wrong in pornos by themselves: Sometimes I watch them, and when we are together, it’s me who suggests to watch them together or I let him watch them while I’m giving something to him. However, I’m not a fan of him watching pornos when he is alone. But when I masturbate, I think only about him watching porno alone. What’s wrong with my sexual fantasies?

—Confused Italian Asking Obviously There’s nothing wrong with your sexual fantasies, CIAO, you’re just experiencing a little cognitive dissonance and residual sex-negativity—and that particular tension can both distress and arouse. But seeing as your boyfriend is going to look at porn (and other women) whether you want him to or not (just as you look at porn and other men), and since you enjoy porn together, I would advise you to err on the side of embracing your fantasies. And don’t feel like you have to overcome the cognitive dissonance. The naughtiness of it, the transgression, and the symbolic betrayal—all of that turns you on. So live with it, lean into —Dan it, and enjoy it.

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Justice Fails of

Prosecutor Karla-Dee Clark had a recording for Charles Daum. Prosecutors and defense attorneys exchange files all the time, but this was different.

The tape, a recording of a jailhouse phone call from Daum’s client, would change Daum’s life—if she could play it for him before it was too late.

After trying to reach Daum over the December 2008 holiday break, Clark found him in the hallway of the District’s federal courthouse a day before they were set to start a second drug trial for Daum’s client, Delante White.

“We kidnapping him if we do not win,” Delante told his associates on the taped phone call.

The “him” on the recording was Daum, then a 62-year-old veteran defense attorney.

He felt dizzy.

“We’re taking this as a threat against you,” Clark said.

In the world of the court-appointed defense bar, where sometimes desperate attorneys mingle with even more desperate defendants, the idea that a legal relationship would approach a violent end isn’t unheard of. But this was different.

In the phone call, White wasn’t mad because of Daum’s fee (just $12,000 for both trials), or because he hadn’t asked the right questions at their last trial, when Daum earned his client a mistrial on a felony crack cocaine charge. Instead, Delante was mad because he didn’t think Daum would succeed in fabricating evidence.

Standing in front of Judge Paul L. Friedman after hearing the recording, Daum promised that his ethics were sound. Despite the kidnapping threat, Daum said he would keep fighting for Delante for as long as he could.

The tape reminded Friedman of another bizarre incident from months earlier, during the first trial. Evelyn Clowney, White’s grandmother and a key witness for the prosecution,

Faked evidence, missing witnesses, and shady deals— how one defense attorney went wrong

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disappeared the night before her turn on the witness stand. Asked to account for Clowney, Delante’s mother, Cheryl White, told Friedman that Clowney had taken a gambling trip to Atlantic City—at Daum’s request.

The judge didn’t believe her. But now, with this recording, the idea that Daum would hide a witness didn’t seem quite so implausible.

What the judge and prosecutors didn’t know—but were beginning to suspect—was that Daum’s criminal involvement went far beyond tampering with testimony by sending an elderly woman to Atlantic City. Nearly a year before his scheme started to unravel, Daum had laid out an illegal plan to win Delante’s trial. The plan had thrust the respected lawyer into a fraught deal with Delante, his fractured family, and a mother-daughter pair of investigators.

But at that hearing in Jan. 2009, Daum told the judge he hadn’t done anything wrong.

“I’m just an ordinary practitioner that stumbles in here from time to time,” Daum said, tears rolling down his face.

Clark had never seen a lawyer act like this in court. But then Daum left, and did something even stranger: He went to see the man who he had just heard talk about kidnapping him.

“You knew it was all a show,” Daum told his imprisoned client, according to prosecutors. “It was a show for the government.”

In February 2008, 11 months before he would be caught contemplating a kidnapping, Delante White had a customer waiting to get high. Delante sat on his grandmother’s porch, wielding a razor to break off pieces of

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a crack rock, while a longtime FBI informant watched nearby.

Dealing drugs hadn’t brought Delante much success. He was 23 and still lived with his grandmother in a small apartment near Catholic University. Six years earlier, police busted Delante, driving a flashy gold Chrysler 300, in a simple buy-bust cocaine operation. Already in 2008, police had pulled him over and found two joints in his ashtray.

Drugs meant trouble for White—a onetime hospital valet and a performer in a gogo band called the Skunk Boyz—but he didn’t have much else to rely on. As a child, Delante had been, in one judge’s words, “raised by wolves.” His youngest brother, Jerome, had been sold for crack as a child, according to court documents. (Jerome would later rap that their mother, substance-abusing Cheryl White, was a “true hustler.”)

Christopher, the middle White brother and perhaps the most stable member of the White family, moved to North Carolina the year before to avoid his drug-dealing, drugaddled relations.

Delante did have charisma—and a fashion sense to match. When a friend teased him for wearing “skinny” jeans, Delante reproved him: “They’re called Euro fit.” Christopher’s girlfriend remembered that Delante loved coordinating his outfits in Prada or Gucci.

Drugs weren’t Delante’s only source of income. His charm had won over Candice Robertson, a comparatively well-off security guard who adored him. Still, White’s family members suspected that Delante was only with Candice for her money.

On the porch, White made the drug exchange. Days later, when Metropolitan Police Department officers following the informant’s tip burst into his grandmother’s apartment, Delante was gone. But they found cocaine just about everywhere—in an old Adidas shoebox, in a closet, and even in residue on a flipflop. The biggest score came in Delante’s bedroom, atop a pile of clothes. Inside a dust bag meant to hold Gucci boots, detectives found 124 grams of cocaine.

A month after the raid, a grand jury indicted Delante on one count of intending to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base. Then he hired Daum.

Months later, Daum called Jerome and Delante’s girlfriend to a meeting at the H Street NE–area townhouse that doubled as his office.

That’s when, according to them both, he laid out a plan to create a string of bogus stories leading jurors away from conviction.

Jerome, concerned about getting in more trouble than he was used to, asked if Daum’s plan was legal.

“Come on, Jerome,” Daum said. “I’m a lawyer.”

Being a court-appointed lawyer in the District meant that Daum belonged to the “Fifth Streeters”—a set of occasionally brilliant, generally hapless defense attorneys.

Tell a Fifth Streeter that he cooked evidence, and you might get cursed out, or worse. Say a lot of other bad things about his kind, though, and there’s a good chance he’ll concede it.

The Fifth Streeters earned a reputation in the pre–Home Rule District as the cut-rate de-

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fense attorneys whose offices clustered around D.C. Superior Court on 5th Street NW, though they were just as likely to operate out of a briefcase, hitting up indigent defendants for a few bucks’ worth of legal representation.

One of their set’s most prominent members earned a reputation for posing just the right way at trial for the sketch artists—and for scoring nearly half a million dollars (adjusted for inflation) in government court fees one year. Another lawyer sold cocaine in a restaurant across from the court, and murdered an ex-cop who was going to testify against him.

A poor person facing criminal charges might be represented by a Harvard or Georgetown Law grad from the Public Defender Service, an organization equipped to take on the federal prosecutors who handle even minor charges in the District. Or he could get a Fifth Streeter, whose income usually depended on taking as many cases he could.

By the time Daum joined the D.C. Bar in 1978, the Fifth Streeters were looking to garner respect. They went on strike for better treatment and organized a black-tie gala to rival their uptown colleagues’ affairs—a plan threatened when some of the “baggy pants lawyers” griped that they didn’t want to buy tuxedos. Sometimes, change wasn’t optional—trawling for clients in and around Superior Court was banned in 1981.

The reformers couldn’t improve everything.

In 1986, New York Times reporter Maureen Dowd spent an afternoon monitoring the naps and card games in the Superior Court lawyer’s lounge and declared it “the lowest rung on the legal ladder.”

These were people a world away from downtown lawyers, with their corporate clients and firm names dotted with ampersands. While a white-shoe lawyer might dine out an expense account, Fifth Streeters needed hepatitis shots for their trips to jail. Some Fifth Streeters were talented litigators, but others were just too drunk or too stubborn for a big firm.

Kenneth Robinson, a defense attorney and occasional country music singer who enjoyed his own time as Superior Court’s top defense attorney during the crack years, dedicated a song on his country album to the D.C. Bar’s sad sacks. The song, “Here’s to the 5th Street Lawyer,” includes a lyric about wealthier attorneys sneering at their court-appointed counterparts.

“It’s a pretty funny song about how they all like to drink,” Robinson says.

The theatrics and grind of criminal defense create competition, with lawyers happy to describe who earned their status as legends, and which murder or drug trial gave them the title.

The man or woman on top usually only lasted a few years, until the lawyer of the moment burns out—or, in Robinson’s case, gets shot in the chest. (The attack was believed to stem from a dispute with a disgruntled client. Ever the defense attorney, Robinson refused to cooperate with detectives.)

Despite putting in decades circulating between courtrooms and lock-ups, Daum never reigned as the top lawyer at Superior or U.S. District Court. Instead, he was a respect-

wasn’t allowed to withdraw his guilty plea.

Only Daum knows why he decided to start bending rules to defend his clients. Putting aside notions of integrity or responsibility to the court, Daum’s scheme in the Delante White case had an obvious problem: it meant giving his client, facing a long prison term, a valuable nugget of information to trade with prosecutors.

Daum had some legal and financial troubles of his own. In 2007, he was accused of avoiding process servers from both an angry real estate company and his estranged wife, who wanted to serve him divorce papers over allegations that he had cheated on her. But the $12,000 he would have made for the two Delante cases wouldn’t exactly be a windfall.

Recently, Daum’s lawyer claims that he suffers from a mental illness that goes unnamed in public court records.

Whatever the reason that Daum started to turn from a criminal lawyer to what a Breaking Bad character memorably called a “criminal lawyer,” Jerome and Robertson believed that Delante’s lawyer could get him acquitted with this plan. One reason for their faith: Daum told them that he had done something similar before.

Christopher pulled Evelyn Clowney out of her wheelchair and bundled her into a friend’s car. She stayed in the District—not in Atlantic City, as witness Cheryl White would tell the judge when Clowney didn’t appear at trial. ed jobber, known for putting a little dramatic flair into his courtroom arguments. His colleagues—lawyers conscious of their predecessors’ reputation for run-down heels and fraying pants cuffs—note that Daum dressed just fine.

“Charles had a certain flash,” says defense attorney Jon Norris, whom courthouse observers peg as the reigning defense attorney at Superior Court.

Even if he hadn’t been a star, Daum had his fair share of the D.C. area’s most sensational criminal cases. He defended a court clerk who had been bribed to get bondsmen off the hook for bail jumpers. He represented a man who, tired of his infant daughter, stuffed a sock into her mouth, covered her face with a backwards hoodie, and tossed her in a closet to die.

He defended a deadbeat dad from Maryland who fled to Texas to marry into a Dallas-style clan, then was dragged back to stand in court with Charles Daum at his side. He defended a man who, upon discovering his wife was cheating on him, shot her dead at Union Station while delighted tourists watched, thinking it was a scene from a new movie.

Daum tried to save more than one client

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with developments that stunned prosecutors.

After one client was arrested and charged with shooting a pastor dead at a gas station, Daum found new witnesses whose testimony forced prosecutors to drop the charges.

The night before a witness testified against another Daum client in a separate murder case, Daum and an investigator visited the witness in jail, a trip the prosecutor in the case says never should have happened.

The witness—key to the U.S. Attorney’s case—took the stand the next day, but he didn’t stay there for long.

“I ain’t going to testify against them,” he declared, preferring to take a contempt charge over whatever Daum and the investigator told him the night before. Daum’s client was convicted anyway.

Daum’s defendants often got what they paid for—which wasn’t very much. Since the 1990s, Daum racked up punishments from bar discipline boards in Maryland, Virginia, and the District. In one disastrous 2003 case, Daum calculated that a defendant busted for selling cocaine could receive roughly 12 years in prison. In fact, the maximum sentence was more than twice that, at 27 years. Daum’s client

It would make a great family portrait, except for the cocaine.

In the picture, Cheryl White plays with the cat that her son Christopher bought her as a Valentine’s Day present. Christopher took the picture, the scene framed by holiday balloons.

In the background, though, was a less savory scene: Jerome with a razor, cutting crack rock and bagging it up for the weekend.

Daum called the tableau “an American tragedy.” But in reality, almost none of it actually happened the way it appeared.

The first lie in the picture: Christopher wouldn’t have given his difficult, frequently drunk mother a Valentine’s Day gift. If Christopher ever bought his mother a present, his girlfriend would speculate later, it’d be a beer.

Another lie: Christopher wasn’t in the District around Valentine’s Day 2008. Behind the camera instead was court-appointed investigator Iman Pasha and her mother and investigator partner Daa’iyah Pasha, according to most descriptions of the scene. The Pashas, longtime Daum associates, allegedly showed up to the photo shoot with the cat, balloons, and drugdealing paraphernalia meant to mimic the evidence seized in Delante’s room. (Daa’iyah’s involvement at the scene is still disputed.)

Another lie: The cocaine wasn’t really cocaine. Instead, Jerome used the razor to push around shavings from a bar of Ivory soap, swapped in after he failed to make convincing “crack” with only baking soda.

Still one more lie: The picture wasn’t taken in February. The “Valentine’s Day” scene was actually staged days before Delante’s first trial in Sept. 2008. The elaborately arranged photo was crucial to Daum’s strategy.

Delante wasn’t the only client Daum would break the law to save, according to witnesses and former accomplices. When a cocaine dealer was busted in 2004 with $20,000 in his

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car, ready to buy a new shipment from Texas, Daum came up with another plan, according to the drug dealer’s then-girlfriend. To explain the money, Daum allegedly helped her get fake documents to claim the money was actually needed for a bogus moving business.

At trial, the girlfriend even had a backstory for the the bogus moving company’s name, “On the Move.” She testified that she rejected her boyfriend’s original name idea, “On Da Move,” because it sounded too urban. (Unable to introduce much of the evidence, Daum’s client is now serving a 25-year sentence in a Kentucky prison, where he complains that Daum “fucked me over in a major way.”)

Daum allegedly provided a similar service for a man accused of committing a murder in broad daylight in 2008. After repeatedly threatening the government’s best witness in the case, Daum’s client brought the witness to Daum’s office, where Daum allegedly suggested that the witness should recant his statement to police. When it came time for trial, the witness never showed up. (The alleged murderer eventually pleaded to a lesser obstruction of justice charge.)

Before Delante’s trial, Daum enlisted a disparate crew of helping hands, all apparently willing to break the law for his client: the Pasha investigative duo, Delante’s girlfriend Candice Robertson, and brothers Jerome and Christopher.

For Robertson, who became Daum’s most committed helper, risking felony obstruction of justice charges could mean losing everything— but it also could mean keeping Delante out of prison. Despite Robertson’s work, Daum “treated her like a dog,” Clark would say later.

She shelled out much of her savings paying for various parts of Daum’s plan, from travel to perjured testimony. In a phone call to Delante, she complained that only one person involved in the scheme—a friend of his who was never charged—helped him for free.

Robertson’s dedication to the plan becomes more notable because so many other people involved in the scheme thought that she was being used. Christopher later said that his brother dated Robertson for her money.

Asked if Robertson was Delante’s girlfriend, Christopher’s own girlfriend replied, “She thinks she is.”

“If he could have gotten out of jail, he would not have been with her,” Clark said later.

Robertson became a key player in another part of Daum’s plan: explaining why Jerome, who had none of his brother’s clotheshorse tendencies, supposedly stored his cocaine supply in a Gucci shoe bag. Daum told her to buy an identical pair of Gucci boots online— but, with a Johnnie Cochran flair, he told her to order a different size than the boots seized in the raid to throw off the prosecution.

When Robertson screwed that order up, Daum berated her. That sent her on an overnight bus trip to New York City to buy a new pair. Then she called Daum’s office.

“I went to New York to get the stuff that he want me to get,” Robertson told Daum’s secretary, who seemed to know exactly what she meant.

The grand jury’s charging document was a popular read with defense attorneys, who worried that their own clients could now cut deals with prosecutors in exchange for testifying against them.

Once Robertson bought the Gucci boots, she sent Jerome and his friends to a nightclub to pay for a photograph while he posed in the boots.

The club picture would be one more piece of evidence that Jerome was just the kind of guy to keep his crack cocaine in a Gucci bag.

Robertson made an imperfect accomplice.

She stumbled over codewords in recorded jail phone calls, forcing Delante to explain them to her in exchanges prosecutors would later call “kind of hilarious.” And, in her many calls with Delante in jail, she would frequently connect a third party—meaning that the new person on the call didn’t realize they were being recorded. Delante’s 1,300 calls from jail would eventually fill 92 CDs. Daum’s plan hinged on making jurors believe that Delante didn’t stay enough at his grandmother’s house to keep almost $20,000 worth of cocaine there. He couldn’t pin the stash on her, though: The day of the raid, she had asked a neighbor for $5 to buy lunch—not exactly the profile of a drug kingpin.

Daum settled on Jerome, 21, for his fall guy.

Jerome, who had been caught in 2007 with cocaine hidden inside a Coca-Cola can and once cheerfully told a judge he was only interested in getting high and having sex, seemed like a much more believable candidate to be the real drug dealer in the White family.

As Daum laid out his plan to photograph Jerome with the fake crack cocaine, Jerome got suspicious. Wouldn’t this just focus the U.S. Attorney’s Office on him instead?

Daum explained to Jerome that he couldn’t be charged with his brother’s crime because of double jeopardy. As Jerome’s lawyer Gary Sidell would note later, that would be an absurd idea to anyone who has taken a high school government course—exactly the kind of education Jerome didn’t have.

While Daum’s plan relied on perjury from multiple friends of the White family on the brothers’ addresses, his most valuable witness at trial might have been Christopher White, the one brother to escape his family’s past. He didn’t have the criminal record that his brothers and mother did. Before Delante’s trial, Robertson convinced him to let her pay for a trip to the District. There he met with Daum, who once again assured one of Delante’s brothers to trust his lawyer.

Christopher, who had struggled to escape his family’s orbit, now couldn’t resist helping the brother who was more like a father to him.

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“Bozo’s in the background, still bagging up,” Daum said to the jury, gesturing to a blown-up version of the Valentine’s Day picture of Jerome and his razor. “Money to be made, weekend’s coming.”

The “discovery” of the Jerome crack photograph, complete with what Clark would later call “that infamous cat,” was a sensation at Delante’s trial for people who weren’t in on the ruse. When Daum handed the photo to Joseph Bias, one of his assistants, Daum described it as a “very fortunate” discovery by the White family. Finally, Bias thought, they could prove one of their clients was innocent, not just help another crook get acquitted by excluding evidence.

“It’s a candid shot that was never intended to find its way [into] a federal courthouse,” Daum declared in court.

The bogus evidence that Delante lived in Maryland was contradicted multiple times by the other evidence, from probation records that instead placed Jerome in Maryland to testimony from police officers who remembered talking about football with Delante outside his grandmother’s apartment. But Robertson and Christopher stuck to the plan, testifying that Jerome, not Delante, lived in their grandmother’s apartment.

As the trial came to a close, Clark asked the judge to let her instruct the jury on the legal concept of joint possession. In other words, Jerome’s control of the crack didn’t mean that Delante didn’t have it too.

Despite the success of his cooked evidence, Daum seemed stressed at trial. On the fifth day of the nine-day trial, he forgot his prescription glasses at home, forcing him to wear prescription sunglasses instead.

“I’m coiled just a bit tight,” he told the judge.

Clark had her suspicions about the evidence. For all the jurors knew, she told them, the crack picture had been taken just a few days before trial (which, in fact, it had been).

“Isn’t this the oddest photograph?” she said.

Daum still had one big problem: Evelyn Clowney, Delante’s grandmother. Searching her apartment, police found a rusty gun in her purse. Since then, she’d been regularly getting in arguments with Cheryl and Robertson as the scheme progressed. If Delante’s own grandmother testified that he lived with her, Daum’s entire plot could have been ruined.

“She was a feisty old lady,” says former De-

partment of Justice prosecutor Robert Spelke.

With Clowney’s testimony looming, Daum met with his clerk and Delante’s family members in his office after one of the trial days.

The sentiment from Daum, law clerk Bias testified, was that Delante’s situation would improve if Clowney never made it to court.

Still, Clowney didn’t take the hint, even after Delante and Robertson asked her to leave town or get a doctor’s note to avoid testifying. No one in the scheme knew whether Clowney— who, for medical reasons, had her legs amputated below the knees between the raid and the trial—would really get out of town.

One night at Clowney’s apartment, Jerome answered the phone to hear Clark, who was calling to make sure Clowney would testify.

“Grandma, you got to go,” he told Clowney.

Christopher pulled Clowney out of her wheelchair and bundled her into a friend’s car. She stayed at a friend’s house in the District—not in Atlantic City, as Cheryl White would tell the judge when Clowney didn’t appear at trial—until U.S. Marshals could track her down and make her testify.

In the end, Clowney didn’t sway Delante’s jury far enough one way or the other. Jurors deadlocked, with all but one of them voting that Delante was guilty. Friedman urged the sides to settle before a new trial.

“There were a lot of surprises that maybe the government wasn’t ready for,” he told Daum. “But the next time around, they won’t be surprised.”

In May 2009, Tiffany Archer, a courtfunded investigator who worked with the Pashas, stood in the D.C. Jail legal meeting room. Archer was waiting to meet Delante, but she wasn’t the only one.

As Delante talked to Archer, Charles Daum stood up from a meeting with another client and walked over.

“What’s up, Charles?” Archer recalls Delante saying. But Daum was all business— he talked to Delante about phone calls, and urged him to take a plea deal on the original cocaine charges.

It had been four months since Daum wept in court and protested his innocence. The kidnapping threat’s discovery recording had set off a series of events that postponed the second trial indefinitely. An independent defense attorney appointed to consider the relationship between Daum and Delante decided that there was no way Daum could keep representing him.

Prosecutors were closing in. After the entire U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District recused itself, the case bounced to Spelke, in the Department of Justice’s narcotics division. Spelke was stunned by the accusations made against Daum. As a young prosecutor, Spelke had gone to Superior Court to watch Daum work juries.

“I would never have thought he would do something like that,” Spelke says.

Daum and the Pashas scrambled. According to Archer, who earned an immunity deal for her cooperation, they allegedly arranged to send a Western Union transfer to potential

prosecution witnesses.

Daum also paid a visit to Jerome, who at this point was in jail as well. Jerome’s lawyer calls that visit “a clear, over the line violation.” The trips only helped incriminate Daum more.

Within two months of the threat hearing, at least one person involved in the case was talking to a grand jury. By April 2009, Robertson and the other two White brothers had been arrested and charged for their roles in the obstruction plan. They would go on to cut sealed plea agreements and start cooperating with the prosecution against Daum and the Pashas.

And then… nothing. The investigation went on for two years without indictments, with Daum aware that he was being investigated but still able to work in court. Daum’s new clients had to tell judges that they knew he was under investigation, so word of the case spread quickly in the legal world. In one awkward exchange, Judge Friedman received an update on the case’s slow status from prosecutor Clark early in the day, only to see Daum on an unrelated hearing later the same day.

“He was walking around with a cloud over his head,” Norris, another defense attorney, says.

Robertson, her savings exhausted by her machinations on Delante’s behalf but unable to get a new job or keep her old one because of the sealed charges against her, started living in her car. When Clark learned in court a year after the cooperators cut a plea deal that the case was still floating around DOJ, she complained about how long the investigation was taking the government.

“I’m absolutely outraged,” Clark said.

Defense attorneys involved in the case speculated that, after disastrous other highprofile cases—including one that ended when a prosecutor in the Sen. Ted Stevens case committed suicide—prosecutors were reluctant to move too early on Daum.

Things didn’t go much better for the White brothers. Now pegged with a reputation for cooperating with authorities, Delante survived a stabbing. In another incident in a prisoner transport, according to his attorney, Jerome came face-to-face with Mark Pray—a Barry Farm drug gang leader accused of ordering the murder of a federal witness. Daum had represented Pray in a case years earlier.

“The guy was saying, ‘You’re testifying against Daum,’” Sidell says.

Pray, currently serving a life sentence, didn’t respond to questions about the alleged threat.

A snitch reputation still follows Jerome, who mentions it in his new life as rapper “Jose Blanco.”

“7th Street niggas got the story fucked up,” he raps. “I didn’t do no snitching, nigga, better look up.”

Finally, on April 12, 2011, a grand jury indicted Daum and the Pashas on conspiracy charges. The charging document was a popular read with defense attorneys, who worried that their own clients could now cut favorable deals with prosecutors in exchange for testifying against them. Puzzling over the indict-

ment, one legal blogger noted that it was like Daum “joined the gang.”

“When [the Charles Daum indictment] came out, I know there were lawyers that said, ‘Christ Almighty, am I next?’” says Bernie Grimm, who represented Daa’iyah Pasha. “Are they going to take the word of some thug against me and prosecute me?”

Both grandmother Clowney and mother Cheryl White had died by 2012, but several other people who witnessed aspects of the scheme testified against Daum. Later, Jerome called his brother from Northern Neck Regional Jail in Virginia, a distant location chosen so he could avoid potential retaliation in D.C. jail. He promised his brother he would be “more higher, more flyer” when he got out.

“Daum know what the fuck he did,” Jerome said.

Robertson, Jerome, and Christopher were eventually sentenced to probation and time served. Daum’s attempt to help him might have been the best thing to happen to Delante in the entire case—instead of facing decades in jail on the cocaine charge, he was able to plead guilty and get 33 months in prison with credit for time time served.

These days, Jerome complains that Daum “threw us all under the bus.”

“He lied, man, he lied,” he says.

Daum and the Pashas pleaded not guilty, opting for a bench trial with a judge. Spelke suspects Daum declined to plead guilty because of a provision that prosecutors wanted to include in his potential plea deal, but he won’t say what it was.

Judge Gladys Kessler ruled against the defendants, giving Daa’iyah three months in jail and Iman probation (She was eventually sentenced to a year in prison after her probation was revoked.) In August, an appeals court ruled that Daa’iyah deserves a new trial because prosecutors originally withheld a statement from Cheryl’s boyfriend that suggested an unidentified man, instead of Daa’iyah, was at the Valentine’s Day photo shoot.

Daum, who still has two years left on his 60-month sentence from Kessler, didn’t respond to letters sent to his low-security prison in New Jersey.

That means there’s no good answer for why a man whose wife called him a “quiet and gentle man” and whose grandchildren called him “Poppy” would risk his freedom and reputation for Delante White. $12,000 for two trials, a prosecutor noted at sentencing, was not exactly “a king’s ransom.” Or maybe, as Daum’s own attorney suggested, Daum went too far in an attempt to save Delante from years in prison on a drug charge.

But maybe it’s simpler than that: Attorneys like to win, especially in the District, where the courthouse can hum when a defense attorney is on a streak.

“When I was winning, the phone wouldn’t stop,” says Grimm, Daa’iyah Pasha’s former attorney. “You go on a losing streak, you think there’s something wrong with the phone.” CP

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Nearby bars get a bump from people waiting for tables at Rose’s.

By Jessica Sidman It took an hour and 15 minutes on a recent Saturday for everyone in the epic line outside Rose’s Luxury to make it to the host stand. Needless to say, more people were turned away for a later seating than not.

From my perch on the patio at Molly Malone’s, I watch a middle-aged couple walk past me to the bar. A few groups of women head to Lola’s next door. Meanwhile, a handful of others approach Rose’s, see the line, stop dead in their tracks, and spin in the opposite direction. And then there are those who go inside only to find out they’re too late: The dining room is booked for the night. Huddled outside with concerned faces, they plot their next move.

The good news is that there’s a slew of businesses just waiting to take in these Rose’s rejects. Can’t get into D.C.’s hottest restaurant? Head to Cava. Or Ambar. Or Ted’s Bulletin. Need to kill two hours before your table is ready? Lola’s has a cosmo on its menu called “Waiting for Rose’s.”

Rose’s Luxury celebrated its two-year anniversary a couple weeks ago and just earned the top spot in the Washington Post’s Fall Dining Guide, the latest in a seemingly endless series of accolades. But the restaurant isn’t the only one benefitting from the buzz. Rose’s popularity is often its neighbors’ gain. Call it the Rose’s Bump, if you will. In fact, there’s a whole micro-economy feeding off chef Aaron Silverman’s restaurant and its legendary line, which has created a cottage industry of people who are paid to wait in it. Nearby restaurateurs say Rose’s has had an indelible effect on transforming Barracks Row as a whole into a destination.

“We noticed there’s more foot traffic,” says Medium Rare owner Mark Bucher. “It’s raised more awareness for the street, so there’s just more people, more foodies walking by that are curious, so they come back.”

Tommy Ewing-Brown, a manager at Molly Malone’s, says groups will switch off waiting in line and getting a drink before Rose’s opens. Some might come in as they wait for a table, or later for a nightcap. The bump is particularly promi-

nent Monday through Wednesday during happy hour. During that time, Molly Malone’s is filled with nearly as many Rose’s patrons as regulars, he says.

The Rose’s Luxury diner has certain tells: They’re usually dressed just a little bit nicer than the usual clientele, EwingBrown says. Plus, the restaurant has 48 beers on draft—yet the Rose’s customer orders a cocktail. “I’d say between 3:30 and 5 o’clock, anybody that walks in and starts ordering martinis, I pretty much know they’re going to Rose’s,” he says.

Capital Teas manager Andrew Keller spots them another way: They’re incessantly checking their phones to see if their table is ready.

Last winter, the tea shop handed out hot tea samples to people waiting in line. The tactic drummed up a lot of business, but Capital Teas stopped doing it to avoid confusion; some people mistakenly thought the tea was from Rose’s and tried to order it at the restaurant.

Other neighborhood businesses will occasionally hand out flyers to people waiting in line. In fact, Barracks Row Main Street, the group devoted to revitalizing the commercial corridor, actively supports this. “These are people who are waiting on the street and who are likely to have an hour or two to kill before they can get a table. We encourage our other businesses to take advantage of a captive audience,” says Martin Smith, the group’s executive director.

For his part, Silverman doesn’t mind as long as it doesn’t make guests unhappy. “If it’s a positive for them, it’s a positive for us,” he says.

Even without the samples, Capital Teas gets a definite bump from the line, especially among those who don’t drink alcohol or who don’t want to fill up before dinner. On an average night, at least five to 10 customers come in from the line, Keller estimates. “If it wasn’t for the Rose’s line, that particular period of time is usually completely and utterly dead because people are already eating,” he says.

Keller recalls the Rose’s line growing substantially once Bon Appétit named it the best new restaurant in America last year.

“For us, it’s been more of a gradual uptick,” he says. “More people are coming, and more importantly, more people are coming back to Rose’s to eat again, and they remember us from the last time, and so they come back.”

Cava co-owner Ted Xenohristos also remembers the period after the Bon Appétit list came out: “We had a lot of people tweeting us, ‘Waiting at Cava for a table at Rose’s...’ The first year [Rose’s] opened, it was so much insanity going on, we could figure out that we got two or three tables a night from washingtoncitypaper.com OCTOBER 16, 2015 21

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He says it’s hard to gauge how much of a bump Cava potentially gets from Rose’s since the restaurants draw a similar clientele.

Not only has Rose’s impacted existing businesses, it’s created a new one: waiting in line for a reservation for pay. Personal assistant Nadine Seiler of Everyone Needs a Nadine was first hired to stand in line through TaskRabbit about a year ago. But as the requests became more frequent, she began specifically advertising the service on Craigslist and on her website. “The first time somebody hired me to do it I was flabbergasted,” she says. “I’m still shocked.” Now, Nadine waits in line at Rose’s Luxury (or Little Serow) anywhere from two to four times a week, and she charges $30 an hour with a one hour minimum.

She’s not the only one looking to capitalize on the line. A quick look on TaskRabbit reveals a mini community of people who specifically advertise waiting in line at Rose’s Luxury. They charge anywhere from $20 to $60 an hour. On my most recent visit, one guy handed out business cards to everyone waiting.

Silverman isn’t so keen on people paying others to stand in line for them, but he tolerates it for now. “I wish, if I had my option, that it didn’t exist,” he says. “But there’s only so much we can control.” Right now, Rose’s sees one or two paid line-holders per night—not enough that it’s become a huge problem. Many of the TaskRabbit folks are quite friendly, he says. “We’ve had a couple that weren’t so nice that we don’t allow them to come up to the door anymore.” Rose’s has also banned people from securing tables for multiple parties at once.

Meanwhile, Silverman claims that the line—and subsequent spillover—has actually died down over the last few months. The mere idea of the line is often more intimidating than the line itself. “Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday this week, if you walked in at 8 o’clock, you would have been sat immediately,” Silverman said last week.

Regardless of how long the line actually is, the more significant impact of Rose’s Luxury is not whatever bump it may give individual businesses but the role it’s had in turning Barracks Row into a dining destination.

Of course, Rose’s can’t take full credit. The neighborhood was already on the upswing before Rose’s came along, and places like Belga Café, Ted’s Bulletin, and Cava draw their own crowds. But other restaurateurs say it’s definitely been a game changer.

“We’re kind of this little outcast neighborhood,” says Cava’s Xenohristos. “Everybody’s always talking about 14th Street and Dupont and Adams Morgan. I think what Rose’s came and did for all of us was give us

some street cred… [Silverman has] brought attention to our street, and for sure he’s definitely helped our business, and I think he’s helped everyone on the street’s business.”

In the past, Bucher says Barracks Row mostly drew nearby residents. “Now people get in Ubers and go to Barracks Row for Rose’s,” he says. “The street’s become a dining destination.” That’s subsequently helped his business: Bucher claims Medium Rare’s sales at that location, which opened in January of 2014, have been up 20 percent year over year.

The flip side to the blossoming dining scene is rising rents. “Rents go up naturally anyway when an area gets hotter,” Bucher says. “Demand certainly outstrips supply right now on Barracks Row.” Bucher says more restaurateurs, especially those with more upscale concepts, are now being drawn to the street. “I don’t think Garrison would work in 65, 70 percent of the city. It’s expensive and a sophisticated bar program—it only works in certain neighborhoods. Rose’s paved the way for that.”

Silverman also sees that as part of his own legacy: “For us, just showing that this kind of restaurant can do well here, hopefully other people will follow,” he says. “I hope, I think that we had something to do with making it not as big of risk for someone like [Garrison chef Rob Weland] to come to the street. It’s a little more proven ground that the customers and the neighborhood will support that kind of place.”

Weland says he would have opened in the area regardless. After all, he lives in the neighborhood. Still, he says, “I couldn’t be happier to have them as our neighbor. You couldn’t ask for anything more if they’re driving the clientele.”

At the same time, it’s nearly impossible to escape the shadow of Rose’s Luxury. Garrison recently received a three star review from the Post and has quickly become a dining destination in its own right. But critic Tom Sietsema still spent the first paragraph of his review talking all about Rose’s Luxury. It was because he couldn’t get a table there that he ended up a Garrison.

“If it was crappy company, I’d have something to say,” Weland says. “But it’s very good company, and I have no problem with that at all.”

And it’s not just that a higher caliber of restaurant is moving into the neighborhood.

Ultimately, Rose’s presence has forced everyone nearby to try to be that much better, Xenohristos says.

“It’s pushing everyone to elevate their game,” he says. “We have to be just as good as the next guy. And I think that all these good restaurants coming into the neighborhood, CP they all push each other.”

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There was Drake. There were the Strokes. There were beer lines so long you’d have thought they were giving it away for free. And, for a cool $900, there was a VIP ticket that afforded its purchaser “mini spa treatments” and catered buffets. This and more are what about 50,000 concert-goers found at the inaugural Landmark Festival for the National Mall, which took place last month at West Potomac Park.

It was a historic occasion, and not just because a Canadian artist performed on America’s Front Yard: This was the first-ever paid-admission concert on National Mall grounds, an area that encompasses the grassy park sandwiched between the marquee Smithsonian museums as well as the land and memorials that surround the Tidal Basin.

But it wasn’t just an excuse for a Lollapalooza-style party on the Mall. Organizers, including the Trust for the National Mall, emphatically touted that this massive two-day festival was being held for a good cause: saving the Mall. None of the revenue would go directly to the National Park Service, which oversees the Mall, but rather to the Trust, its official nonprofit fundraising partner. The Trust would receive 10 percent of the gross revenue from tickets, concessions, and sponsorships.

Though the Mall has played host to many musical artists in the past—as part of a rally, festival, or presidential inauguration—those events have been free and open to the public. But after all was said and done—with ticket prices that ranged from $105 for single-day admission to $2,350 for a platinum VIP pass—Landmark Festival raised just $570,000 for the Trust.

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Landmark Festival was produced by C3 Presents, the pro-

tine Fitton, the Trust’s vice president of marketing and communication, says Turf problems on the she revived the idea; this time, PiltzeckMall are one reason er’s successor, Robert Vogel, approved large events must use it. (Vogel is now director of NPS’ Naprotective flooring. tional Capital Region.)

The process to plan the concert was not without its bumps. In emails obtained through an open records request, NPS employees raised questions and expressed concerns about charging for tickets, bringing in outside concessions, the price of said concessions, and the possibility of selling branded merchandise. In February of this year, Fitton emailed NPS to say the head of C3 Presents was “nervous about the viability of the concert since he has big financial contracts in front of lots of bands but the material we’re getting from the permitting department reads as though a gated and ticked event isn’t allowed.”

Organizers also had to make a convincing case to win approval for the paid event. According to Landmark Festival’s website, backlogged repairs and needed upgrades to the Mall and its memorials carry a pricetag of around $750 million. The festival, it explained, “kicked off this monumental national campaign to bring awareness and funds to America’s Front Yard.”

C3 Presents isn’t the first concert promoter to pitch a music festival on the National Mall. Local concert producer I.M.P. Productions sought to do a festival of its own on an unspecified portion of the Mall, motion company responsible for mega-festivals like Lollapa- but its permit application was turned down because they wanted it looza and Austin City Limits. (C3 Presents and its publicist to be a ticketed event—albeit one that benefitted a nonprofit.

“Like many other qualified organizations, we would love to did not respond to requests for comment about Landmark Festival.) This wasn’t the first time the Live Nation subsid- present events on the Mall,” says Seth Hurwitz, I.M.P. chairman and 9:30 Club co-owner. “As it stands now, the entire proiary tried to throw a festival on the Mall.

According to the Washington Post, C3 Presents first proposed cess is designed to accommodate only one beneficiary and one a paid-admission concert on the Mall to the Trust in 2009. producer. We hope that all of the recent attention will change John Piltzecker, the previous superintendent of the Nation- that, unless all of this talk about how great it is for everybody is al Mall and Memorial Parks, turned down the proposal. Kris- merely to rationalize one’s own agenda.”

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As NPS’ reversal on Landmark Festival approval shows, not everyone has the same vision for why the park matters. The festival took place as the $40-million NPS turf restoration project (which the Trust supports financially) continues, making it harder and more expensive for events to take place on the Mall.

As a result of the changed rules, several longtime Mall events have moved elsewhere, and another had to reduce its size significantly because of the rising costs to use the land: The National Book Festival moved into the Walter E. Washington Convention Center; the Solar Decathalon contest has gone to California; the Black Family Reunion is on hiatus; and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival is being forced to use a smaller area of the Mall next year and go without its large concert tents.

While the new turf is designed to address problems with the dirt patches on lawn panels between 7th and 14th streets NW, the restrictive regulations and higher costs associated with its use have raised concerns that Mall events will be limited to those with fat wallets. Case in point: last year’s veteran-honoring, free Concert for Valor, which was presented by HBO, Starbucks, and JP Morgan Chase.

Kim Stryker of the Save the Smithsonian Folklife Festival organization says that the NPS turf project rules are a “death by a thousand cuts type of thing.” She says that while NPS is not technically saying no, they’re just creating “as many obsta-

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cles as possible” and presenting a “false choice” between upkeep of the monuments and traditional events on the Mall.

Taken to its worst conclusion, these new rules could give big corporations that have deep pockets (like C3 Presents) a pseudo-monopoly on hosting events like Landmark Festival on the Mall. But NPS says consideration is given to all, including other groups proposing a paid-admission event.

“If another organization were able to demonstrate that their event has meaningful associations with the National Mall and would contribute to visitor understanding of the monuments and memorials, and if they could abide by the conditions of the permit to protect park resources and provide for the safety of visitors, we would consider that request,” says NPS Public Affairs Officer Mike Litterst.

And therein lies the real question: What does the future of events on the National Mall look like? Free and open events to the public, or large, expensive ticketed ones like Landmark Festival?

Public funding has helped to put on longtime events like National Book Festival and the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival, but restrictive regulations have made those events tougher to put on.

“I think regardless of your opinion on it, there is a new paradigm where government funds are not enough to take care of our public spaces right now,” Fitton says.

Even so, Stryker feels misled by Landmark Festival, which

so proudly boasted its “Save The National Mall!” message.

“If it was supposed to be about raising awareness for the National Mall, why didn’t the artists waive their performance fees,” she says, “or only have a nominal fee and do it because of the prestige of the National Mall?”

A similar controversy has been brewing for years between city officials in Chicago and C3 Presents over its annual Lollapalooza festival, which has been held in Grant Park since 2005. Under a deal struck between the city of Chicago and C3 Presents/Lollapalooza in 2012, the promoters will contribute at least $1.5 million annually for improvements to Grant Park, the Chicago Tribune reported. Additionally, the annual percentage of net ticket sales from Lollapalooza to the Chicago Park District will rise annually until 2021, at 15 percent.

Litterst asserts that the ultimate goal of Landmark Festival was to raise awareness of the issues plaguing the National Mall and to introduce the Mall and its significance to a new, younger generation.

Stryker isn’t sold.

She says the Trust gave “everyone the impression that they are going to patch Thomas Jefferson’s nose with your CP ticket price.”

Reporting by Steve Kiviat and Matt Cohen

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The Florida Avenue Grill is one of the oldest restaurants in D.C., which should be enough to grant it historic status, but if it isn’t, its role as a prominent hangout in Joel Schumacher’s 1983 screwball comedy D.C. Cab would secure it.

It’s a Godawful-looking building, but in the fictional basement of that Brutalist eyesore Mulder and Scully spent countless hours searching for the truth, which of course is still out there. The General Services Administration determined that the building isn’t eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but hey—that doesn’t mean the city can’t put an X-Files commemorative plaque somewhere on the sidewalk.

Maine Avenue Fish Market, State of Play 1100 Maine Ave. SW. Darrow Montgomery

Though the building is on the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites, the Black Cat hasn’t ever been commemorated by the city in any fashion. Sure, it’s only featured in Veep creator Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop for one scene, but it’s enough for the city to officially commemorate the legendary concert venue and bar.

State of Play may not be the best political thriller ever set in the District, but it gets bonus points for featuring many D.C. locations not usually featured in big Hollywood productions, including the Maine Avenue Fish Market, where star Russell Crowe meets an informant in a key scene.

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At the end of the month, an iconic D.C. locale is finally getting the recognition it deserves. The steep Georgetown staircase down which Father Damien Karras plunged to his death in director William Friedkin’s classic 1973 horror film The Exorcist will be commemorated by the city with a plaque. It’s refreshing because The Exorcist is one of a handful of D.C.-set movies that doesn’t commit the cardinal cliché of using gratuitous shots of monuments on the National Mall to portray the District. Of course, The Exorcist steps aren’t the only famous movie location that should be honored. Below are five more historic locations from D.C.-set movies and TV shows that the city should consider celebrating.

—Matt Cohen

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Plays should never start in the shrink’s office. There’s no better way to take the audience out of a character’s mind than to put her in a setting in which she’s expected to explain out loud what’s going on inside. The therapy session is a shortcut, like a flashback in a movie or the “previously on” preface to a television show, but for a character’s waking dreams and nightmares.

So it seems like Animal starts off on the wrong foot when it more or less opens in the office of a psychiatrist. Right away, it becomes clear that a whole lot of the production will take the form of one-on-one psychotherapy.

Rachel (Kate Eastwood Norris) isn’t exactly buying what her therapist Stephen (Joel David Santner) is selling. She lashes out against his infuriatingly cool cognitive analysis, even as she lets slip some of the anxieties and preoccupations that brought her there. Why should Rachel (and her audience) live out her problems, when she can just talk them out in the doctor’s office?

This animal is more cunning than that, though. A premiere by British playwright Clare Lizzimore, Animal is haunting, humanizing, and satisfying, building up to a climactic twist that will resolve a central question that audience members may not have realized they

had—while opening up other questions that more of us should be asking.

There isn’t much more to Animal than its performances, under Gaye Taylor Upchurch’s minimal but unlabored direction.

The set (designed by Rachel Hauck) consists of nothing more than chairs on a slightly raised stage, but it’s used to the right effect.

Purple underbody lighting, like ground effects for the theater, indicate when something “off” is happening. That and the slight but sinister register of a heavy bass sound is just enough to make a viewer second-guess what she’s seeing. Subtlety is critical, since it’s left to the audience to untangle what is and isn’t happening inside the protagonist’s head— right up until the end.

In the office with her therapist, Rachel registers a sense of dissatisfaction, a feeling that something is off in her life. She is high-strung in an appealing way, the kind of person who makes great company as a bar-mate, perhaps less so as a co-worker. For the most part, Rachel shares a light dynamic with the people around her (again, thanks to sturdy scripting) even as she’s working through some unstated source of cosmic frustration. She asks her therapist about her mental health. “What am I scoring so far?” she asks. “Six,” he tells her. “What’s crazy?”

“Twenty-seven.”

Even though her doctor and her supportive but frustrated husband, Tom (Cody Nickell), reassure her that she will be fine, Rachel reveals that things are most definitely not OK. When a man named Dan (played by Michael Kevin Darnall) shows up in odd places to seduce Rachel, he seems unreal right off the bat, like a sexy apparition—a fuckboy-next-door sprung forth fully formed out of Rachel’s libido. It’s only when therapist Stephen transforms into a little girl (Anaïs Killian) that the audience realizes that the scenes go two ways. There’s what Rachel thinks she’s seeing—the hunky fling, the precious girl, her mother-in-law—and what the people around her are seeing, which is a woman struggling to keep her grip through a crisis she doesn’t fully grasp.

Animal raises too many questions about human nature, about the very mammalian condition of loving and caring for another being—or not feeling something that we are told is instinct—to provide too much closure for the audience, even if it seems like there may be a way out for Rachel. Without giving too much away, it should be said: Her diagnosis is an order of magnitude worse than the version of the disorder suffered by most women. Lizzimore didn’t need to go to the extreme to make her point.

“Have you ever seen an animal bewildered?”

Rachel asks. In an almost faultless performance, Norris upends the aspirational refrain: Can women really have it all? In Animal, the question is darker, and the answer, when it arrives, —Kriston Capps may be a cold comfort.

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RONALD K. BROWN

Rebel, Rebel Beasts of No Nation Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga There are plenty of TV-related subplots to discuss in Beasts of No Nation, which, it should be noted, is a film. It’s the first movie to be simultaneously released in theaters and on Netflix, which produced the film. It’s the first feature from director Cary Fukunaga since his widely-praised first season of HBO’s True Detective. It’s also the first major starring role for Idris Elba, who won hardcore fans on BBC’s Luther, since 2013’s Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

But as soon as the film begins, these subplots become moot—Beasts is a uniquely cinematic experience. It immerses the viewers in a violent, foreign world that begs for an escape. On TV, you might be tempted to change the channel during its most painful moments. It’s a lot harder to walk out of a theater.

The story begins—mercifully—on a note of levity: Four poor African children are walking through their town with the frame of a TV set, asking random passersby if they will pay to watch the television. Someone says yes, and they tell him to hold up the frame, while the kids act out several archetypical American genres. It’s a clever opening that highlights how Beasts of No Nation will subvert the Westernized view of impoverished Africa, which most of us only see on the news. It’s also the last laugh in the film, which veers almost immediately towards a gruesome, desensitizing sensibility that—while presumably accurate—ultimately numbs the viewer too much to ever be fully engaging.

Agu (Abraham Attah) is the child protagonist of this dark coming-of-age story. In an unnamed African country, his vil-

lage is terrorized by a corrupt government army, and Agu flees into the jungle. Almost immediately he is found by the Commandant (Elba)—the leader of a massive army of child soldiers swathed in vivid, colorful rags. Elba is a towering presence, and not just physically. In their first meeting, the Commandant recognizes Agu as an orphan and presents himself as a father figure and protector. It feels like he has done it a hundred times before.

In these early scenes, Fukunaga sets the viewer down in a chaotic world, but you still feel like you are in capable hands. The battle scenes are vivid and terrifying, and the sound design is particularly effective— rarely have whizzing bullets felt so consequential. But he has trouble holding onto the narrative. There’s a traumatic scene about halfway through—Agu’s initiation into the group requires him to slaughter an innocent government worker—and Beasts really has nowhere to go after that.

Perhaps sensing that Agu’s arc has come to an end, Fukunaga turns his lens to the Commandant and his role in the larger rebel effort. After being passed over for a promotion (African warlords: They’re just like us!), he begins to lose his grip on the children he commands. These politics might be worth exploring on their own terms, but the diversion stops the film in its tracks, and Fukunaga, like the Commandant, never gets control again.

Despite its flaws, Beasts of No Nation deserves attention simply for showing us a world we don’t often see—in the movies or elsewhere. It’s one of film’s great social purposes—to magnify that which the world too easily hides—and one TV can’t accomplish so easily. In other words, see Beasts of No Nation on the big screen, or —Noah Gittell don’t see it at all.

The Subtle One with Randall Riley and Brionna Edmundson. Photo by Ayodele Casel

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FilmShort SubjectS They Took ouR Jobs Steve Jobs Directed by Danny Boyle

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Bullies are made, not born. Look beyond their attempts to intimidate and dominate and you’ll often find broken homes, rejection, or abuse that they themselves suffer. It’s an impulse to appear strong, or a fear of appearing weak. There’s almost always a story.

Steve Jobs tells one such story, about the titular man whom most of the tech-savvy praised while he was alive, mourned when he died, and later came to find out was quite the asshole. (This is the third theatrically released film about Jobs in two years, so by now the history of his rocky relationship with Apple as its co-founder is old movie news.) Directed by Danny Boyle and adapted by Aaron Sorkin from Walter Isaacson’s biography, the film shows Jobs (Michael Fassbender) at his nastiest, yes, but also redeems him in a rather forced and literally haloed final scene that’s an abrupt turn from what came before.

That isn’t the only laughable moment in Steve Jobs; Sorkin’s trademark too-clever dialogue occasionally trips over itself. (At times it’s even theatrical, recalling Mametian rhythms.) And though it’s noble that Boyle was more interested in capturing the essence of Jobs than his look, it’s difficult to accept Fassbender in the role: A black mock turtleneck and short haircut is not enough to conjure Jobs in his later years; as a young Steve, the actor’s broad, bare forehead and face could have belonged to any businessman except Jobs. Mock Ashton Kutcher’s performance in 2013’s often-goofy Jobs all you want, but at least the resemblance kept the man you were learning about front and center in your mind.

Fassbender also adds a playfulness to his character, both physically (sliding down a stair rail after an intense argument) and verbally (Sorkin puts a lot of zingers into the

Apple leader’s mouth), that seems, at the very least, incompatible with the personage the public knew—and definitely with how Jobs and the documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine portrayed him.

You may marvel at his quick wit and quicker temper yet forget whom you’re supposed to be watching.

That said, Steve Jobs is a brisk and largely enjoyable two hours. Jeff Daniels and Seth Rogen appear as onetime Apple CEO John Scully and cofounder Steve Wozniak, respectively, both of whom have heated moments with their former colleague. The biggest difference this film has from the others, however, is the presence of Joanna Hoffman, marketing manager of both Apple and Jobs’ follow-up projSteve Jobs ect, NeXT. Portrayed by Kate Winslet, the spirited character is both entertaining and a distraction: Between a lack of introduction and early ’80s wigs and glasses that are way too artificial, you’re left wondering who this person is to Jobs.

Boyle contains Jobs’ life within three days in 1984, 1988, and 1998: the launches of the Macintosh, NeXT’s Cube, and the iMac. The action all takes place backstage before each event and rather ingeniously weaves the high and low points of Jobs’ life since Apple—and his daughter/not-my-daughter—was born.

Wozniak and Scully help with remembrances and flashbacks, while Jobs’ daughter, Lisa—whom he first denied—tags along with her mom (Katherine Waterson) at the first two launches for heavy guilt trips. (Jobs was worth hundreds of millions, yet threw only a few hundred at his ex every month.)

Joanna plays the level-headed sounding board here, the only person with whom Jobs doesn’t really tussle. Otherwise, most of his encounters are fraught, showered with angry outbursts both justifiable (over his forced resignation) and not (yelling “She’s not my…!” in front of a five-year-old isn’t very cool). This bully maintains an indirect rationalization for his temper and furious need for control: his adoption, or “rejection,” as he was allegedly first adopted by a couple who changed their minds after a month.

Fassbender does, admittedly, turn in a natural, easy performance considering the complications of the real man, and Daniels, Rogen, and Winslet contribute to the film’s sleekness. This may be the Jobs biopic you’ve been waiting for, even if you sometimes forget that it’s about Jobs. —Tricia Olszewski Steve Jobs opens Friday at Landmark Atlantic Plumbing and Landmark Bethesda Row.

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Pretty Grate Machine Masking Br’er Blight Records Accessibility has never seemed to be much of a concern for D.C. synth-pop ensemble Br’er. Its first two full-length albums, Of Shemales and Kissaboos and City of Ice, are dense, combining classical influences and heavily distorted industrial sounds. But when it comes down to it, the star of the show here is band leader and vocalist Benjamin Schurr, whose voice permeates each and every track. Br’er’s third album, Masking, closely follows this mold, albeit in a slightly more accessible manner, making it the group’s strongest effort yet.

The songs can be grouped into two different categories—half of the album is heavy and aggressive, while the other is poppy and pretty. This might seem like it would cause dissonance across the album, but it has the opposite effect, and numerous callbacks and thematic similarities emerge throughout the album. Case in point: The album’s opener, aptly titled “Intro,” consists of the melodies from later tracks “Chanel Divinity” and “Praise.” It’s a sonic decision that gives Masking a certain cohesiveness, despite its drastically fluctuating dynamic shifts.

At its heaviest, Masking comes off like Pretty Hate Machine-era Nine Inch Nails worship. The album’s title track, “Masking,” kicks off with a near-nauseating drone before launching into pulsing industrial

sounds and distorted screams.

It’s definitely the heaviest track on the album, and paired with the stylistically similar “Deer In Headlights,” it serves as a fitting climax before the album’s dénoument.

On Masking’s less aggressive tracks, euphonious melodies and dance-pop rhythms hide a darker world of sex and violence.

“Reprobate” is a prime example, as it’s one of the only songs to feature live drums. Drummer Ben Usie’s finessed percussion kicks off the track before it becomes a danceable mix of heavily layered synths and lyrics exploring the effects of sexual exploitation.

It’s a fitting highlight for an album that, at its heart, is a meditation on love, sexuality, and genderqueer identity politics.

But not every track on Masking is quite as successful. “For You,” the album’s midway point, is held together by Schurr’s ripping personal apology and anchored by a synth part halfway through that channels NIN’s The Fragile. However, the song rests entirely upon these two elements and fails to stand up amongst the more well-composed tracks on the album.

Br’er favors electronics over traditional instruments, which doesn’t always work out to the group’s advantage. “Release,” which is little more than a minute-plus drone track, provides a danceable interlude between proper tracks “Reprobate” and “Hate Finds A Way,” but it doesn’t really serve much of a purpose other than filler noise. There’s something to be said about the consistency of sound that electronics allow for, but Br’er fails to realize the powerful potential of Masking’s more visceral songs.

This is intentional: Schurr prefers to separate the Br’er experience into two very specific realms, album and live performance. For this reason, the band released an alternate version of its lead single, “Chanel Divinity,” featuring live drums, a slower build up, and some additional and more sexually explicit lyrics. It all adds up to a much more immediate and human-sounding song; Br’er’s true unmasking.

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CITYLIST Friday Rock Barns at Wolf trap 1645 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Crystal Bowersox, Seth Glier. 8 p.m. $26–$28. wolftrap.org.

Dar Constitution Hall 1776 D St. NW. (202) 628-4780. Roger Waters & Special Guests. 8 p.m. $93–$193. dar.org. fillmore silver spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Overkill, Symphony X. 8 p.m. $27.50. fillmoresilverspring.com. tHe Hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Big Something. 8:30 p.m. $15–$20. thehamiltondc.com. roCk & roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388ROCK. Mercury Rev. 8 p.m. $20. rockandrollhoteldc.com. songByrD musiC House anD reCorD Cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Radiator Hospital, the Max Levine Ensemble, Flasher. 7 p.m. $5–$10 suggested donation. songbyrddc.com.

Jazz Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Najee. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $55. bluesalley.com. kenneDy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Samora Pinderhughes Ensemble. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org. kenneDy Center terraCe gallery 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Joanne Brackeen. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $34–$39. kennedy-center.org. mr. Henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. The Lionel Lyles Quintet. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

countRy BirCHmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Hal Ketchum, Suzy Bogguss. 7:30 p.m. $35. birchmere.com.

amp By stratHmore 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. PigPen Theatre Co. 8 p.m. $20–$30. ampbystrathmore.com.

CITY LIGHTS: FRIDAY

RADIATOR HOSPITAL There’s a peculiar sweetness to Radiator Hospital’s music; a deep appreciation of ’50s and ’60s soul and doo-wop color the Philadelphia quartet’s forward-thinking take on indiepop. On the band’s latest record, 2014’s Torch Songs, singer/guitarist Sam Cook-Parrott croons with a tinge of melancholy about deeply personal yet universal topics: life, love, regret, anxiety. When Cook-Parrott sings, it’s as if we’re hearing a reading from his personal diary. “No, you say you’ll cut your bangs / I’m calling your bluff / When you lie to me, it’s in the small stuff,” he sings on “Cut Your Bangs.” It’s a somewhat passive-aggressive line, but ends with something resembling affection. These subtle character observations help solidify Cook-Parrott’s position as a deeply affecting lyricist. Radiator Hospital headlines D.C.’s newest venue, Adams Morgan’s Songbyrd Record House and Music Cafe, with local pop-punk mainstays the Max Levine Ensemble, who are gearing up to release a brand new album—their first in years. Radiator Hospital performs with the Max Levine Ensemble and Flasher at 7 p.m. at Songbyrd Music House and Record Cafe, 2477 18th —Matt Cohen St. NW. $5–$10 suggested donation. (202) 450-2917. songbyrddc.com.

saturday

Blues Zoo Bar 3000 Connecticut Ave. NW. (202) 2324225. Stacy Brooks Blues Band. 9 p.m. Free. zoobardc.com.

Rock

9:30 CluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Tobias Jesso Jr. 6 p.m. $20. Old 97’s. 10 p.m. $25. 930.com.

DC9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Dungen, Quilt. 7 p.m. $15. dcnine.com.

HoWarD tHeatre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Ben Sollee, Mother Falcon. 7:30 p.m. $17–$20.

The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air. 11:45 p.m. $15. thehowardtheatre.com.

classical kenneDy Center millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. LP Duo. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

sunday Rock

Jazz BirCHmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Keiko Matsui. 7:30 p.m. $45. birchmere.com.

9:30 CluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Smallpools, Phoebe Ryan, Machineheart. 6 p.m. $25.

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Blues alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Najee. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $50–$55. bluesalley.com.

BirCHmere 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Herman’s Hermits. 7:30 p.m. $45. birchmere.com.

Vocal

kenneDy Center terraCe gallery 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Derrick Hodge. 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $26–$30. kennedy-center.org.

kenneDy Center terraCe tHeater 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Terri White. 7 p.m. $50. kennedy-center.org.

mr. Henry’s 601 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. (202) 5468412. Karen Gray with Dial 251. 8 p.m. Free. mrhenrysdc.com.

fillmore silver spring 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Mayday Parade, Real Friends, This Wild Life, As It Is. 6 p.m. $25. fillmoresilverspring.com.

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u street musiC Hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Oddisee, Good Compny. 7 p.m. $20. ustreetmusichall.com.

tHe Hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000. Ed Kowalczyk. 7:30 p.m. $30–$35. thehamiltondc.com.

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Songbyrd MuSic HouSe and record cafe 2477 18th St. NW. (202) 450-2917. Advance Base, Margot MacDonald, Amy Bezunartea, The Galaxy Electric. 7:30 p.m. $10. songbyrddc.com.

Monday Rock

Warner THeaTre 513 13th St. NW. (202) 7834000. Mark Knopfler. 8 p.m. $67.50–$97.50. warnertheatre.com.

9:30 club 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Battles. 10 p.m. $20. 930.com.

Funk & R&B

black caT 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490.

Telekinesis, Say Hi. 7:30 p.m. $15. blackcatdc.com.

boSSa biSTro 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Three Man Soul Machine, Beninghove’s Hangmen.

10 p.m. $10. bossproject.com.

dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Braids. 9 p.m. $10–$12. dcnine.com.

Jazz blueS alley 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Najee. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $50–$55. bluesalley.com.

TWinS Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Jeff Weintraub. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

Blues MadaM’S organ 2461 18th St. NW. (202) 6675370. Stacy Brooks. 9 p.m. $3–$7. madamsorgan.com.

Vocal WaSHingTon naTional caTHedral 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 537-6200. Cathedral Choral Society performs Haydn’s “The Creation.” 4 p.m. $15–$77. nationalcathedral.org.

Tuesday Rock

black caT 1811 14th St. NW. (202) 667-4490. Boys Life, Josh Berwanger Band, John Bustine. 7:30 p.m. $18–$20. blackcatdc.com.

HoWard THeaTre 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Dave Davies. 7:30 p.m. $39.40–$65. thehowardtheatre.com. u STreeT MuSic Hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Yuna. 7 p.m. $25. ustreetmusichall.com.

Funk & R&B doroTHy i. HeigHT/benning library 3935 Benning Road NE. (202) 281-2583. Hippie Control. 7 p.m. Free. dclibrary.org/benning.

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“THE NEW AMERICAN GARDEN”

Imagine a 1950s suburban cul-de-sac: Identical houses sit behind identical lawns carpeted with identical blades of grass. Anyone who’s attempted to maintain dozens of square feet of grass knows the frustration that comes with the task, and the results aren’t always visually appealing. Landscape architects Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden disrupted this style of lawn maintenance by replacing grass with perennials and ornamental plants to create a tapestry of greenery. Although this style of lawn design can now be replicated with a trip to any Home Depot, the National Building Museum pays tribute to Oehme and van Sweden’s ingenuity with its new exhibition, “The New American Garden.” Focused on the work of architects at the D.C.-based practice, the show also looks at the work of artists who inspired them and showcases projects the architects completed in Chicago, New York, and throughout the District. The exhibition is on view Mondays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the National Building Museum, 401 F —Caroline Jones St. NW. $7–$10. (202) 272-2448. nbm.org.

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CITY LIGHTS: SUNDAY

RUTH REICHL When Gourmet magazine closed in 2009, its longtime editor, Ruth Reichl, wasted no time getting back to work. After publishing For You Mom, Finally, a memoir about her relationship with her mother, in 2010, Reichl released her first novel, Delicious!, in 2014 and continued to travel and blog about what she ate. But without the structure of monthly deadlines, she felt untethered, so she settled into her home kitchen to process her emotions. The results of that period are documented in her new book, My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Changed My Life. Sharing the recipes for the dishes that brought her out of her funk, Reichl highlights everything from tofu and kale to grilled cheese sandwiches. In D.C., she’ll discuss the book three times in 24 hours: first, at a sold-out dinner at Buck’s Fishing & Camping cooked with five local female chefs; then on Sunday morning at the Dupont Circle Farmers Market; and later in the day at Busboys and Poets’ Takoma location. There, you’ll be able to ask Reichl for her thoughts on the chain’s celebrated vegan menu. Ruth Reichl reads at 3 p.m. at Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St. NW. Free. (202) 726-0856. busboysandpoets.com/about/takoma.

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Folk BiRcHmeRe 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. The Wailin’ Jennys. 7:30 p.m. $49.50. birchmere.com.

Wednesday roCk

9:30 cluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. X Ambassadors, Skylar Grey, Kevin Garrett. 7 p.m. $20.

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BiRcHmeRe 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Michael McDonald. 7:30 p.m. $89.50. birchmere.com. fillmoRe silveR spRing 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Streetlight Manifesto.

8 p.m. $20. fillmoresilverspring.com.

ElECtroniC 9:30 cluB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. Matoma.

11 p.m. $20. 930.com.

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u stReet music Hall 1115 U St. NW. (202) 5881880. Nightmares on Wax. 10:30 p.m. ustreetmusichall.com.

Folk mansion at stRatHmoRe 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville. (301) 581-5100. John Kocur, Herb and Hanson. 7:30 p.m. $17. strathmore.org.

ClassiCal kennedy centeR millennium stage 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Mary-Victoria Voutsas and the Greek Chamber Music Project. 6 p.m. Free. kennedy-center.org.

Thursday roCk

dc9 1940 9th St. NW. (202) 483-5000. Caspian, Circle Takes The Square. 8 p.m. $15–$17. dcnine.com. tHe Hamilton 600 14th St. NW. (202) 7871000. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. 7:30 p.m. $18–$23. thehamiltondc.com.

Rock & Roll Hotel 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388ROCK. Here We Go Magic, Big Thief. 8 p.m. $14–$16. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Jazz twins Jazz 1344 U St. NW. (202) 234-0072. Marty Nau. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $10. twinsjazz.com.

Country BaRns at wolf tRap 1645 Trap Road, Vienna.

(703) 255-1900. Old Dominion. 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. $25. wolftrap.org.

World Bossa BistRo 2463 18th St NW. 202-667-0088.

Banda Magda. 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. $10. bossproject.com.

Hip-Hop HowaRd tHeatRe 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

The Underachievers, Pouya, Kirk Knight, Bodega Bamz. 8 p.m. $18–$40. thehowardtheatre.com.

ClassiCal atlas peRfoRming aRts centeR 1333 H St. NE. (202) 399-7993. Iva Bittová. 8 p.m. $20–$28. atlasarts.org. sixtH & i HistoRic synagogue 600 I St. NW. (202) 408-3100. Edgar Meyer, Christian McBride. 8 p.m. $40. sixthandi.org.

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‘capeRs Anu Yadav stars in this one-woman show inspired by stories she heard from residents of D.C.’s Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg public housing projects as they protested the demolition of their neighborhood. Yadav and director Patrick Crowley first presented the play in 2004; now, 10 years later, they look back at how the city has changed in the past decade. Forum Theatre at Silver Spring Black Box Theatre. 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. To October 23. $30–$35. (240) 644-1390. forum-theatre.org. alice in wondeRland Follow Alice down the rabbit hole and experience this darker take on Lewis Carroll’s loopy tale featuring the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat. In true Synetic fashion, the production, presented as part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, is directed by

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GIRLS WRITE OUT

The Women’s Voices Theater Festival has brought a variety of new work by female playwrights to stages throughout D.C ., Maryland, and Virginia. While many of the playwrights have established careers, organizers also aim to engage a younger generation of writers, which is where Karen Zacarías comes in.

The local theater professional has already seen her play, Destiny of Desire, open at Arena Stage and now turns her attention to her other passion project, the Young Playwrights’ Theater. Four female writers between the ages of 12 and 22 first crafted their plays as part of YPT’s In-School Playwriting Program; at Sidney Harman Hall, professional actors will bring their fairy tales and love stories to life. They’re joined by four monologists who also participated in the in-school program and share work inspired by their own lives. The performance begins at 7 p.m. at Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F —Caroline Jones St. NW. Free. (202) 387-9173. yptdc.org.

Paata Tsikurishvili and choreographed by Irina Tsikurishvili. Synetic Theater at Crystal City. 1800 South Bell St., Arlington. To November 8. $15–$70. (800) 494-8497. synetictheater.org.

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3RD TUESDAYS GROOVE JAM SESSION hosted by Stealing Liberty Wednesday, October 21

OPEN MIC NIGHT hosted by Chris Bruno Thursday, October 22

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animal Despite having a loving husband, comfortable home, and fulfilling career, Rachel still can’t seem to find contentment. When conventional wisdom can’t help her snap out of her funk and she starts having visions, she’s forced to confront the issues she’s ignored. Gaye Taylor Upchurch directs this dark comedy by Clare Lizzimore. Studio Theatre.

1501 14th St. NW. To October 25. $20–$45. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. antigOne Award-winning actress Juliette Binoche stars in this ancient drama about a strong woman who is willing to go to any length to give her brother a proper burial. This contemporary production comes with a new translation from acclaimed poet Anne Carson. Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater.

2700 F St. NW. To October 25. $75–$185. (202) 4674600. kennedy-center.org. avenue Q Constellation’s actors break out their puppetry skills in this lively musical about a young college graduate and the eccentric monsters, humans, and friends he makes in his new neighborhood. Allison Arkell Stockman directs this production written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Constellation Theatre at Source. 1835 14th St. NW. To November 22. $20–$45. (202) 204-7741. constellationtheatre.org. baD DOg A woman begins to drink again after remaining sober for ten years and quickly crashes her car into her house, causing her family to throw together the most unlikely and comedic intervention ever seen on stage. Jeremy B. Cohen directs this new play by Jennifer Hoppe-House, known as a screenwriter for programs like Damages and Nurse Jackie. Olney Theatre Center. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. To Nov. 1. $15–$60. (301) 9243400. olneytheatre.org. beautiful—the CarOle king musiCal Learn about the career of songwriter Carole King and her ascent from teenage prodigy to bestselling artist in this musical that uses King’s songs to tell the story of her life. Kennedy Center Opera House. 2700 F St. NW. To October 25. $49–$195. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

Cake Off Sherri L. Edelen stars in this new play about a bake off with a one million dollar prize and the tough competitors aiming to take home the dough. Expect a production full of flour, sugar, and bitter batter battles. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To November 22. $40–$96.

(703) 820-9771. signature-theatre.org.

Can’t COmplain An old woman confined to a hospital for a round of tests ordered by her daughter attempts an escape with the help of her roommate and granddaughter but a party gone awry waylays their plans. Instead, the woman is forced to confront her past in order to move forward in this new play

by Christine Evans. Spooky Action Theater. 1810 16th St. NW. To October 25. $15–$35. (301) 9201414. spookyaction.org.

ChimeriCa Inspired by the Tiananmen Square protests on 1992, this play by Lucy Kirkwood focuses on a journalist who photographed the events and seeks out his subject years later. Two decades later, with Chinese-American relations dominating the election cycle, he’s approached by another Chinese acquaintance with a different proposal. David Muse directs this play about political correctness, change, and responsibility. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To October 18. $20–$71. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org. the CruCible Mason’s theater students present this classic play about the Salem Witch Trials, written

by Arthur Miller during the height of McCarthyism.

George Mason University Center for the Arts. 4400 University Drive, Fairfax. To November 1. $15–$25.

(703) 993-2787. cfa.gmu.edu.

Destiny Of Desire Drawing inspiration from Latin American telenovelas, this new play from local author Karen Zacarías focuses on the aftermath of a shocking baby swap. When one is raised by a rich family and and one is raised in poverty, the stage is set for an even more unbelievable reunion. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To October 18. $50–$90.

(202) 488-3300. arenastage.org. erma bOmbeCk: at Wit’s enD Dramatists Allison and Margaret Engel return to Arena Stage after presenting Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins in 2012 with this look at mid-20th century humorist, newspaper columnist, and feminist. David Esbjornson directs this one-woman show starring

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Kick off your weekend with Luce Unplugged! Cruzie Beaux and Near Northeast play and DC’s 3 Stars Brewing Company offers free tastings of select beers (ages 21+) while you explore the Luce Center’s artworks. Free.

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BOYS LIFE At this point, another mid-’90s emo band reunion isn’t so much cause for celebration as it is cause for exhaustion. After the much-hyped but short-lived reunions of genre stalwarts like Cap’n Jazz, Texas Is The Reason, and the Promise Ring, the reunion of a oncebeloved emo band seems so passé. Which is why the reunion of Kansas City’s Boys Life is something to get excited about; they missed the crest of the reunion wave, so this doesn’t come off as a half-assed reunion to make a quick buck. After all, emo—in its heyday—was never about being cool or fashionable, and Boys Life was never quite on the same pillar as the Promise Ring or Texas Is The Reason, anyway. Plus, the reunion isn’t going to be a permanent thing: The band is only doing a handful of shows to celebrate the vinyl reissue of its excellent second album, 1996’s Departures and Landfalls, which is a polarizing mix of wiry emo, math-rock, and post-rock. This is your last chance to catch the band, at least until ’90s nostalgia fetishization peaks again. Boys Life performs with Josh Berwanger Band and John Bustine at 7:30 p.m. at the Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW. $18–$20. (202) —Matt Cohen 667-4490. blackcatdc.com.

Barbara Chisholm. Arena Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To November 8. $55–$90. (202) 488-3300. arenastage.org. girlstar Part reality competition, part fairy tale, this musical focuses on the lengths people will go to for fame. When a popular record producer transforms her long lost niece into an international pop star through some unconventional means, they’re forced to consider the limits of success and how far they’re both willing to go. Signature Theatre.

4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To November 15. $40–$96. (703) 820-9771. signature-theatre.org. tHe guarD Set in an art museum, this world premiere play by Jessica Dickey examines what happens when a guard dares to touch a famous painting and the fantastical journey through the ages that follows. Sharon Ott directs this production as part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival. Ford’s Theatre.

511 10th St. NW. To October 18. $20–$62. (202) 347-4833. fordstheatre.org.

her behavior, and together they learn to repair their spirits in this quiet play by Audrey Cefaly. Presented as part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival.

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4508 Walsh St., Bethesda. To November 1. $15–$30.

(301) 816-1023. quotidiantheatre.org. tHe nigHt alive A man living in Dublin is content living a lonely life but finds hope when he is able to help a woman who’s been beaten recover in his tiny room. Katie deBuys and Edward Gero star in this new play by Irish author Conor McPherson. Round House Theatre Bethesda. 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. To November 13. $36–$61. (240) 6441100. roundhousetheatre.org. salomé Adaptor and director Yaël Farber presents this new production chronicling the story of the princess who begged for the head of John the Baptist on a platter and takes back ownership of her body. Presented as part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival. Lansburgh Theatre. 450 7th St. NW. To November 8. $20–$108. (202) 547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org.

tHe magiC tree A lonely man and an equally lonely woman meet on a stormy night in an abandoned home and immediately form a connection. But as soon as things take a turn for the romantic, other factors come in to drive them apart. Matthew J. Keenan and Colin Smith direct Ursula Rani Sharma’s play as part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival.

Keegan Theatre at Church Street Theater. 1742 Church St. NW. To November 13. $25–$36. (703) 892-0202. keegantheatre.com.

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When he helps a young woman flee a violent attack, Tommy gains a sense of purpose and Aimee gains a friend. Though the pair appears mismatched, their affection for one another grows as they reflect on their pasts and attempt to find hope in the future, even when other events derail their attempts. The Night Alive marks McPherson’s long-awaited return to Round House Theatre, following a wellreceived 2002 production of The Weir.

Under the skillful direction of RHT’s Artistic Director Ryan Rilette and starring local favorites Edward Gero as Tommy and Katie deBuys as Aimee, this production will certainly perk up lackluster weekends. The play runs Oct. 21 to Nov. 13 at Round House Theatre, 4545 EastWest Highway, Bethesda. $36–$61. (240) 644-1100. roundhousetheatre.org.

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pan Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, and Garrett Hedlund star in this prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, which provides the origin stories for both Peter and Captain Hook. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) steve JoBs Michael Fassbender stars as the n enigmatic founder of Apple in this biopic that co-stars Kate Winslet and Seth Rogen. Aaron Sorkin

He nameD me malala Davis Guggenheim directs this documentary about Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani woman and education advocate who was attacked by the Taliban, nearly died, but went on to inspire people around the world and win the Nobel Piece Prize. (See washingtoncitypaper. com for venue information)

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laByrintH of lies A German prosecutor is determined to bring a former concentration camp commander to justice but in doing so, learns some ugly truths about his family’s past, in this German language drama directed by Giulio Ricciarelli. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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raphy of the same name. (See washingtoncitypaper. com for venue information) Jafar Panahi wrote, directed, and stars n intaxi this film about a Tehran taxi driver and the customers who confide in him. Meant to look like a openly defying his 20-year ban on filmmaking. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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Natalia Lafourcade’s sweet-voiced rock, with its clever and lush mix of modern and retro instrumentation, seems made for American audiences seeking interesting pop music, though her guitar-accompanied sounds haven’t yet reached many English-speaking audiences. Lafourcade hails from Mexico and sings in Spanish. Her latest album, Hasta La Raiz, recently earned five Latin Grammy nominations. Whereas her 2012 release consisted of covers of songs by traditional Mexican balladeer Agustín Lara, Hasta La Raiz features songs Lafourcade co-wrote with Leonel Garcia, a member of now defunct pop group Sin Bandera. And though she occasionally sang over hip-hop-inflected dance beats in the past, she now pairs programmed beats with acoustic guitars and a string section. The title track places her wispy vocals over flamenco-tinged, orchestral backing, while “Mi Lugar Favorito” uses bouncy keyboard rhythms and overdubbed vocals.

Lafourcade may sound best, however, on the album’s more simple tracks: the ravishing piano ballad “Antes de Huir” and the stripped-down, bossa nova-inspired “Para Que Sufrir.” Natalia Lafourcade performs at 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW. —Steve Kiviat $35–$75. (202) 888-0050. thelincolndc.org.

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